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Some extra ideas I had after reading this book.. on the 'unintelligence' of the mammalian retinal system' (see at 09:38)Although I have covered some of this in the first recording I thought it was important to counter this argument. *If you're suffering from Chronic pain, fatigue or anxiety, I CAN HELP*CONTACT ME: https://www.alchemytherapies.co.uk/Alchemy Therapies & Emotional MasterclassOTHER USEFUL RESOURCESGroup Healing Program: http://myemotionalaudit.comAuthor/Book site: https//patriciaworby.comPodcast: https://www.alchemytherapies.co.uk/po...121 and group therapy and training for stress related conditions like anxiety, fatigue and pain: https://alchemytherapies.co.ukSee in particular: Thrive! - an introductory mindbody connection program and The Emotional Audit for more intensive training.COMING SOON:Intensive Training Program: https://emotionalmasterclass.com

In this book review I consider the idea that what we perceive as reality is in fact an interface much like seeing icons on your desktop. This is the astounding idea of scientist and philosopher Donald R Hoffman..In this review find out what I thought of the book and its astonishing hypothesis of 'Fitness Beats Truth' (FBT) theorem and how it's the payoff for being able to interact with our world in a meaningful way that beats true perception of reality.00:00 intro to book and his interface theory02:50 conscious agents (that's us) interact with a simulation of the world03:42 origin of consciousness - hard problem is solved if consciousness is fundamental05:30 format of the book - a great idea but some formatting, style and repetition issues07:44 position of conscious realism vs. panpsychism - the philosophical basis - immaterial?09:51 Time expands and contracts depending on our focus/interaction11:40 Final thoughts. *If you're suffering from Chronic pain, fatigue or anxiety, I CAN HELP*CONTACT ME: https://www.alchemytherapies.co.uk/Alchemy Therapies & Emotional MasterclassOTHER USEFUL RESOURCESGroup Healing Program: http://myemotionalaudit.comAuthor/Book site: https//patriciaworby.comPodcast: https://www.alchemytherapies.co.uk/po...121 and group therapy and training for stress related conditions like anxiety, fatigue and pain: https://alchemytherapies.co.ukSee in particular: Thrive! - an introductory mindbody connection program and The Emotional Audit for more intensive training.COMING SOON:Intensive Training Program: https://emotionalmasterclass.com

In this episode we discuss The Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes by Donald D. Hoffman. Next time we'll discuss What Went Wrong with Capitalism by Ruchir Sharma.

As a listener of TOE, you can now enjoy full digital access to The Economist and all it has to offer. Get a 20% off discount by visiting: https://www.economist.com/toe Today, we dive deeper into the theories of consciousness in Layer 3 of The Consciousness Iceberg, exploring Heidegger's concept of Dasein, the Attention Schema Theory, EM Field Topology, Joscha Bach's Conductor Theory, and Donald Hoffman's Conscious Realism. IMPORTANT LINKS: - Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal (early access to ad-free audio episodes!) - Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e - Become a YouTube Member Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w/join - Join TOEmail at https://www.curtjaimungal.org Layer 1: https://youtu.be/GDjnEiys98o Layer 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR4cpn8m9i0 Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 01:32 - Heidegger's Concept of Dasein 04:19 - Attention Schema Theory 7:06 - EM Field Topology and the Boundary Problem 11:07 - Joscha Bach's Conductor Theory 18:18 - Donald Hoffman's Conscious Realism 22:42 - Nir Lahav's Relativistic Consciousness 30:30 - Outro / Support TOE Links Mentioned: - John Vervaeke's Relevance Realization (Layer 2) - https://youtu.be/TR4cpn8m9i0?si=3oVj7BMf46Rn3HOx - Rupert Spira: Non-Dualism, God, & Death - https://youtu.be/dWLd9y1MG4c?si=AOW_lueDcK-xB8HX - Andres Gomex Emilsson (Qualia Research Institute) - https://qri.org/team - Fitness Beats Truth by Donald Hoffman - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33231784/ - Exposing the Matrix | Donald Hoffman Λ John Vervaeke - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTpdCVsttI - Heidegger Portrait - https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-essay/2023/04/philosopher-martin-heidegger-nazi-legacy-influence-right-wing-ideology - Attention Scheme Theory Michael Graziano - https://youtu.be/Tp5yqBEknUI?si=T9uXSHMG8de70peu - Joscha Bach Λ Karl Friston: Ai, Death, Self, God, Consciousness - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcQMYNi9a2w - The Biggest Insight From Joscha Bach and Michael Levin's Work - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG_5AmPK2q4 - Michael Levin Λ Joscha Bach: Collective Intelligence - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgMFnfB5E_A - Donald Hoffman Λ Joscha Bach: Consciousness, Gödel, Reality - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhSlYfVtgww - Joscha Bach Λ Ben Goertzel: Conscious Ai, LLMs, AGI - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw7omaQ8SgA - A Relativistic Theory of Consciousness - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35801192/ - Roger Penrose | Gravity, Hawking Points and Twistor Theory - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gl8pwY2kW8 - Lahav Nir About Me: https://www.lahavnir.com/about-me - Do We See Icons or Reality? A Review of Donald Hoffman's The Case Against Reality, Brian Martin - https://social-epistemology.com/2019/12/05/do-we-see-icons-or-reality-a-review-of-donald-hoffmans-the-case-against-reality-brian-martin/ - Escaping the Illusion: Bernardo Kastrup Exposes Reality - https://youtu.be/lAB21FAXCDE?si=qmrsi-yDxXwtxwhD #science #consciousness #donaldhoffman #joschabach Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will physics ever be able to explain consciousness? What if our entire understanding of reality is just an illusion shaped by evolution? Could the universe be a sophisticated virtual reality created by our own minds for our own good? And does free will exist after all?  Joining me today to explore these profound questions is none other than Donald Hoffman! Donald Hoffman is a renowned philosopher, famous TED talk speaker, cognitive scientist, and deep thinker.  He is a professor in the Department of Cognitive Science at the University of California, Irvine, and the author of the provocative book The Case Against Reality. This is his third time on my show because we simply never run out of topics, and it's always refreshing to hear his thoughts and ideas!  So, without further ado, let's jump right in! — Key Takeaways:  00:00:00 Intro  00:01:11 Sam Harris, Robert Sapolsky, and free will  00:07:59 Positive geometries of consciousness  00:17:17 Will physics ever be able to explain consciousness? 00:26:05 Stepping outside of spacetime  00:36:51 Markovian dynamics  00:48:10 Theory of perception  00:52:37 Audience questions  01:05:44 The future of academia  01:13:24 Outro — Additional resources:  ➡️ Learn more about Don Hoffman: 

Donald Hoffman is back on Know Thyself today to explore the constraints of time and space, and how they shape our understanding of the world around us. He discusses the "headset analogy" - the idea that our senses act as a kind of cognitive filter, preventing us from directly perceiving the true nature of reality. Donald delves into the paradoxes found in various mathematical theorems, and his newest research on "conscious agents" and how it relates to the Gaia hypothesis. The significance of mystical experiences and their potential to reveal truths about the nature of reality is also covered. Hoffman also opens up about his thoughts on reincarnation, the relationship between science and spirituality, and the possibility of artificial intelligence becoming truly conscious. André's Book Recommendations: https://www.knowthyself.one/books ___________ Timecodes: 0:00 Intro  1:31 Why We Don't See the Truth of Reality 8:36 Limitations of Time & Space 13:28 The Headset Analogy: Illusion of Reality  17:08 Is This a Simulation? 23:07 Panpsychism vs Idealism 30:14 The Role of Evolution on Consciousness 37:43 Amplituhedron & Challenging the Notion of Space/Time 46:52 Truth About Scientific Theories & Making Assumptions 53:34 The Limits of Language 1:00:20 Seeing the World with an Open Mind 1:15:03 What Exists Beyond our Understanding 1:20:44 Paradoxes Found in Theorems 1:24:00 Donald's New Research on Conscious Agents 1:28:06 Gaia Hypothesis vs Conscious Agents 1:38:34 Enlightened Beings & Embodying this Wisdom 1:44:02 Donald's Meditation Practice  1:47:39 Why We Should Ask These Questions 1:50:24 What Mystical Experiences Reveal 1:55:28 Reality of Reincarnation  1:58:50 This Science Will Change the World 2:02:27 What's Next for the Research 2:04:50 God & Understanding Something Greater 2:12:33 Will AI Become Conscious? 2:17:06 Conclusion  ___________ Donald David Hoffman is an American cognitive psychologist and popular science author. He is a professor in the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, with joint appointments in the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, and the School of Computer Science. Hoffman studies consciousness, visual perception and evolutionary psychology using mathematical models and psychophysical experiments. His research subjects include facial attractiveness, the recognition of shape, the perception of motion and color, the evolution of perception, and the mind–body problem. He has co-authored two technical books; Observer Mechanics: A Formal Theory of Perception (1989) offers a theory of consciousness and its relationship to physics; Automotive Lighting and Human Vision (2005) applies vision science to vehicle lighting. His book Visual Intelligence: How We Create What We See (1998) presents the modern science of visual perception to a broad audience. His 2015 TED Talk, "Do we see reality as it is?" argues that our perceptions have evolved to hide reality from us. Book: https://www.amazon.com/The-Case-Against-Reality/dp/0141983418/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1694112697&refinements=p_27%3ADonald+Hoffman&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Donald+Hoffman ___________ Know Thyself Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knowthyself/ Website: https://www.knowthyself.one Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ4wglCWTJeWQC0exBalgKg Listen to all episodes on Audio:  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4FSiemtvZrWesGtO2MqTZ4?si=d389c8dee8fa4026 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/know-thyself/id1633725927 André Duqum Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andreduqum/

It's pretty normal that you think of reality being the world around us, the tangible things you see and interact with. You probably even include and make space for how your emotions influence perception and tie that into what creates your reality. Donald Hoffman is joining Tom for another mind-bending episode to challenge if we're actually living in a false reality. Donald Hoffman is a cognitive scientist that has argued against reality and the limitations of spacetime. Some questions being posed in this episode that will stretch your beyond your limits are: -What is beyond spacetime? -What is the true structure of objective reality? -Is it possible evolution has shaped us in a way that guides our behaviors and therefore how we see objective reality? -His idea of comparing our current reality to that of living in a virtual headset is being taken to the next few levels up and exploring the strategies we use to survive the game of life. Check out Donald Hoffman's latest book, The Case Against Reality, Why Evolution Hid The Truth From Our Eyes here: https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Reality-Evolution-Truth/dp/0393254690 [Original air date: 1-17-23] Follow Donald Hoffman: Website:http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/ Email: ddhoff@uci.edu Twitter: https://twitter.com/donalddhoffman Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donalddhoffman/ SPONSORS: Head to https://netsuite.com/THEORY for Netsuite's one-of-a-kind flexible financing program for a few more weeks!  Get 5 free AG1 Travel Packs and a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D with your first purchase at https://drinkag1.com/impact. Secure your digital life with proactive protection for your assets, identity, family, and tech – Go to https://aura.com/IMPACT to start your free two-week trial. Take control of your gut health by going to https://tryviome.com/impact and use code IMPACT to get 20% off your first 3 months and free shipping. ***Are You Ready for EXTRA Impact?*** If you're ready to find true fulfillment, strengthen your focus, and ignite your true potential, the Impact Theory subscription was created just for you.  *New episodes delivered ad-free, EXCLUSIVE access to hundreds of archived Impact Theory episodes, Tom AMAs, and so much more!* This is not for the faint of heart. This is for those who dare to learn obsessively, every day, day after day. *****Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3PCvJaz***** Subscribe on all other platforms (Google Podcasts, Spotify, Castro, Downcast, Overcast, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podcast Republic, Podkicker, and more) : https://impacttheorynetwork.supercast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joel Bouchard will discuss the topic of getting in the flow with me today. Joel Bouchard is a doctoral student in psychology at Liberty University in Virginia, a multi-instrumentalist record producer, author, painter, Army veteran, business leader, local government official, and host of the philosophy podcast From Nowhere to Nothing. His podcast explores complex themes such as the messy, misapplied, and contradictive nature of tribalism, commitment as a concept through ontological and ethical paradigms, and the life-encompassing yet nuanced concept of work. Joel's diverse background includes discussions on shadow from the perspectives of physics, mythology, psychology, and cultural tradition, as well as debates on substantivalism and relationalism in defining locations. His intellectual curiosity extends to examining Donald Hoffman's ideas on reality and consciousness from “The Case Against Reality,” and exploring metaphysical, epistemological, and ontological aspects of consciousness through documentary scenes. Joel also engages in abstract discussions on the ontological impact of the present and delves into the past from both metaphysical and historical perspectives. His multifaceted experiences and deep philosophical inquiries make him a dynamic and insightful voice in contemporary philosophical discourse. Listen & Subscribe on: iTunes / Stitcher / Podbean / Overcast / Spotify Contact Info Website: https://jbouchard.podbean.com/ Most Influential Person My mom Effect On Emotions I would say that I've become better at expressing my emotions. My friends refer to me as the robot because I generally tend to be pretty unemotional. And, you know, that's good. It's good to be even-keeled, but it can also be negative if you freeze or shut down when in negative circumstances. So, the biggest impact for me is that it's helped me express happiness and joy and also to be able to identify with emotions without getting caught up in them without being angry. I can identify that this is an angry emotion and a justified emotion. Then I can decide how I should act with this information. Thoughts On Breathing As someone who's pretty new to meditation, breathing is something that I still struggle with a little bit. They tell you that you're not supposed to breathe loud, but I always find myself breathing loud because I'm using that to focus my attention. In Zen meditation, this is a subject of controversy. Some Zen masters say you can count your breaths, while others say don't. So I mix the two. You know, for the first 10, I count the in-breath and the out-breath, one, two, and then for the next 10, I only count the out-breath. So in one in two, then after that, I go to not counting. But I find myself still breathing very deeply. I think it helps with relaxation and focus. Sometimes, it can steal attention away from the internal focus on what's happening in the mind. Bullying Story I believe bullying is a problem rooted in a lack of mindfulness on the bully's part. I have a story about being mindful from the other side. During my time in the army, we had an exercise in basic training where we used pugil sticks, like on American Gladiators, to fight each other. The drill sergeant insisted everyone participate, but I didn't volunteer because I didn't want to fight. At the end, the drill sergeant singled me out to fight the biggest guy, nicknamed the Widowmaker, who was six foot five and 280 pounds. Though I didn't want to fight, I had been mindful and observed the fights closely. When it was my turn, I pretended to cower, turned to the side, and ducked down. As he came close, I jammed the end of my stick into his helmet, causing him to fall. I won the fight. This experience taught me that mindfulness can help you navigate difficult situations, even when facing a bigger, more imposing opponent. Suggested Resources Book: The Three Pillars of Zen by Roshi Philip Kapleau App: Headspace Related Episodes An End To Upside Down Thinking; Mark Gober Emotional Intelligence Insights; Harvey Deutschendorf Dream and Visualize For Authenticity; Mary Rechkemmer-Meyer Offer From Bruce Seeking relief from stress and anxiety? As a coach and hypnotist, I'm here to help you conquer your inner critic so you can confidently thrive. Email me at bruce@mindfulnessmode.com with ‘I Am Determined' for a free coaching session. Let me help you pave the way to a fulfilling life.

Professor Donald Hoffman is a cognitive neuroscientist and the author of more than 90 scientific papers and three books, including Visual Intelligence and The Case Against Reality. He is best known for his theory of consciousness, which combines evolutionary theory with mathematics to make a compelling case that the reality we see every day is an illusion created by our minds. In this conversation, we explore: — The groundbreaking scientific research being conducted by physicists into the “structures” beyond spacetime — Donald's theory of conscious agents — The implications his theory of consciousness has for our understanding of the purpose of life And more. You can follow Donald on Twitter @donalddhoffman - https://x.com/donalddhoffman — Prof. Donald Hoffman, PhD received his PhD from MIT, and joined the faculty of the University of California, Irvine in 1983, where he is a Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Sciences. He is an author of over 100 scientific papers and three books, including Visual Intelligence, and The Case Against Reality. He received a Distinguished Scientific Award from the American Psychological Association for early career research, the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation, and the Troland Research Award of the US National Academy of Sciences. His writing has appeared in Edge, New Scientist, LA Review of Books, and Scientific American and his work has been featured in Wired, Quanta, The Atlantic, and Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman. You can watch his TED Talk titled “Do we see reality as it is?” and you can follow him on Twitter @donalddhoffman. --- Interview Links: — Prof Hoffman's profile: http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff — Prof Hoffman's book: https://bit.ly/3SCwTTA

In this episode of RISE UP WITH DRAGON, we have a very special interview in my opinion one of the most intelligent and intreaguing speakers and educators of our time. Professor Donald Hoffman, Author of A Case Against Reality and cognitive psychologist at UC Irvine. In this episode, Dragon and Donald dive deep into the case against reality, what our purpose iss as humans, if any. As well as some thought provoking conversations regarding how evolution and natural selection in no way has positioned us to be capable of perceiving reality in its true form.   WATCH EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/live/ZqIo6cG6Bts?feature=shared   **** Connect With Donald Hoffman, Professor of Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine @donalddhoffman ddhoff@uci.edu   OUR SPONSOR: The Makes Sense Academy: https://www.skool.com/makes-sense-academy/about  Tune in to Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast  Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/makessensepodcast  Instagram: @drjcdoornick   06:19 - Has Natural Selection enabled humans to objectively see reality as it truly is? 07:11 - The Red Pill - Space, Time and Matter are not the way to describe reality 09:52 - Why would it be advantageous for Natural Selection to hide the truth from us? 12:30 - What are Fitness points and how do they correlate with natural selection  15:33 - How do you explain obesity? 19:30 - Is our species trying to kill itself? 25:30 - Is what we see what is or just what we see? 29:58 - Object Permanence 36:47 - Are science and mathematics valid methods to validate reality? 41:53 - Where does consciousness live? 44:19 - What happens when we die? 48:04 - What is our purpose on this planet?   #DONALDOFFMAN #ACASEAGAINSTREALITY #CONSCIOUSNESS  #PODCAST #BETTERBRAIN #TRAINYOURBRAIN

In this episode, we examine the intriguing ideas of Donald Hoffman from his book, "The Case Against Reality," and talk about how fitness and interface theories affect our views of reality and consciousness.

To access our conference library of 200+ fascinating psychology talks and interviews (with certification), please visit: https://twumembers.com Prof. Donald Hoffman is Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, and the author of over 100 scientific papers and three books, including Visual Intelligence, and The Case Against Reality. Prof. Anil Seth is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex, where he is also Director of the Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science. His new book: Being You has won several awards and was a Sunday Times Bestseller. This conversation explores parallels in their theories of consciousness but also the areas where their thinking diverges. The topics covered include: — How the reality we experience every day is an illusion — Whether or not artificial intelligence will ever become conscious — Mathematical proof that the space-time paradigm is doomed and the early research investigating what might be underneath. — The practical implications of Donald's and Anil's theories - both for society and for every day life. And more. You can learn more about Anil's work at https://anilseth.com/ and follow Donald on X at @donalddhoffman. Anil's book: https://bit.ly/3Sw0Ogp Donald's book: https://bit.ly/3SCwTTA --- Prof. Donald Hoffman, PhD received his PhD from MIT, and joined the faculty of the University of California, Irvine in 1983, where he is a Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Sciences. He is an author of over 100 scientific papers and three books, including Visual Intelligence, and The Case Against Reality. He received a Distinguished Scientific Award from the American Psychological Association for early career research, the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation, and the Troland Research Award of the US National Academy of Sciences. His writing has appeared in Edge, New Scientist, LA Review of Books, and Scientific American and his work has been featured in Wired, Quanta, The Atlantic, and Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman. You can watch his TED Talk titled “Do we see reality as it is?” and you can follow him on Twitter @donalddhoffman. Anil Seth is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex, and the Co-Director of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science. He is a Wellcome Trust Engagement Fellow, and a Senior Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. Professor Seth is Editor-in-Chief of Neuroscience of Consciousness, sits on the steering group and advisory board of the Human Mind Project, and was President of the British Science Association Psychology Section in 2017. He is the author of 'Being You" (https://amzn.to/3E4PI8K), the co-author of the ‘30 Second Brain', and contributes regularly to a variety of media including New Scientist, The Guardian, and the BBC. His 2017 TED talk has been viewed more than 9 million times. Professor Seth's research bridges neuroscience, mathematics, artificial intelligence, computer science, psychology, philosophy and psychiatry. He has also worked extensively with playwrights, dancers and other artists to shape a truly humanistic view of consciousness and self. You can keep up to date with his work at http://www.anilseth.com. --- Interview Links: — Prof Hoffman's profile: http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff — Prof Hoffman's book: https://bit.ly/3SCwTTA — Prof Seth's website: http://www.anilseth.com/ — Prof Seth's book: https://bit.ly/3Sw0Ogp

Donald Hoffman is a cognitive psychologist and popular science author, and in this episode, he talks about our perceptions of reality and then makes us question it. Do we see the world as it truly is? How can we understand the relationship between the physical world and consciousness?   Drawing from his inspirations and his own books and papers, Don teaches us about evolutionary theory and how it shapes our perceptions into illusions. In short, how has evolution made our brains perceive reality the way we do? Cool right? I definitely thought so. I hope you enjoy this podcast as much as I did!   My website: www.guylawrence.com.au   Retreats: www.liveinflow.co

Joe and Rolf discuss the ideas of perceptual psychologist Donald Hoffman, who has argued that our perceptual systems have no access to reality, since evolution is driven by fitness functions, not objective truth. He has also argued that our perception is a user interface (like a desktop on a computer, or a VR headset), and that objects such as the moon don't exist when we are not apprehending them. Hoffman, Donald. The case against reality: Why evolution hid the truth from our eyes. WW Norton & Company, 2019.Bagwell, J. N. (2023). Debunking interface theory: why Hoffman's skepticism (really) is self-defeating. Synthese, 201(1), 25.

قسمت ۲۰ فارکست کتاب با عنوان ادعایی علیه واقعیت  (The Case Against Reality) راوی این قسمت: دکتر شاهین روحانی، استاد دانشکده فیزیک دانشگاه صنعتی شریف دونالد هافمن دانشمند پیشتاز علوم شناختی و استاد برجسته دانشگاه ارواین کالیفرنیا در کتاب «ادعایی علیه واقعیت» رابطه بین ادراک‌های حسی افراد و واقعیت عینی را به چالش می‌کشد و ادعاهای عجیبی مطرح می‌کند. او می‌گوید تکامل از طریق انتخاب طبیعی موافقِ ادراک‌هایی است که حقیقت و واقعیت عینی را پنهان می‌کنند، و ما نمی‌توانیم به حواسمان اعتماد کنیم که حقایق را درباره واقعیت به ما بگویند. درواقع حواس ما واقعیت را پشت یک رابط کاربری یا همان Interface پنهان می‌کنند، همانند اینکه در این دنیای واقعی یک هدست واقعیت مجازی جلو چشم‌های شماست که از آن بی‌خبرید اما تجربه‌ای جذاب را برایتان رقم می‌زند که به بقا و تکامل شما کمک می‌کند. این کتاب درواقع کمکی برای برداشتن هدستی است که نمی‌دانستید تمام وقت در حال استفاده از آن هستید.   سردبیر: دکتر هستی ربیعی تهیه‌کننده: ‌شرکت مشاوره مدیریت رهنمان مدیر هنری: علی نقیبی میکس و ادیت: سیاوش مهرآئین تهیه شده در استودیو دانشگو حمایت مالی و اطلاعات بیشتر: ۰۲۱۹۱۰۰۵۷۶۷ وب سایت: rahnaman.com

Is reality real, or are we actually just living in a simulation? How did Galileo influence modern thinking about reality? And are there any drug experiences that you simply can't come back from?  Here today to discuss this with me is renowned philosopher, famous TED talk speaker, cognitive scientist, and deep thinker Donald Hoffman!  Donald is a professor in the Department of Cognitive Science at the University of California, Irvine, and the author of the provocative book The Case Against Reality. So, there is really no one better out there to discuss reality with! Tune in and join us as Donald presents his case against reality.  Key Takeaways:  Intro (00:00) Judging a book by its cover: The Case Against Reality (01:15) How Galileo influenced modern thinking about reality (06:41) Can biology predict how consciousness emerges? (18:30) What is panpsychism? (22:50) Is reality just a linguistic construction? (31:53) How are humans supposed to interact with the “real” world? (42:53) Is consciousness a unique filter into reality? (46:27) Can computers be conscious? (49:44) Are there drug experiences that you can't come back from? (55:45) Outro (1:02:33) — Additional resources: 

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In this thought-provoking episode, cognitive psychologist and author Donald Hoffman takes us on a journey through the mysteries of consciousness and reality. From questioning the nature of what we perceive to pondering the existence of inanimate consciousness, Hoffman challenges conventional beliefs and explores the profound implications of proving local realism false. He delves into topics such as the illusion of free will, the role of love in metaphysics, and the possibility of reincarnation. Prepare to have your mind expanded as we contemplate the nature of reality itself and how this paradigm-shifting understanding will change everything.   SPONSOR: Receive a free rechargeable frother with your MUDWTR order: https://www.mudwtr.com/knowthyself   Download André's FREE Book Recommendation List: https://www.knowthyself.one/books   ___________ Timecodes: 0:00 Intro 2:30 Answering the question of consciousness and evolution 9:56 Is What We See Real? 12:47 Implications of Proving Local Realism is False 16:55 Are Inanimate Objects Conscious? 24:53 What Makes Something Conscious? 29:06 We're looking at the problem wrong 40:34 How evolution hid the truth from us 47:22 Conscious Agents: what's outside of space time? 54:00 Are We in a Simulation? 1:00:40 Seeing the Oneness in All 1:02:38 Concepts of Karma and Reincarnation 1:07:00 Implications on how we act in the world 1:12:02 Self Compassion 1:13:35 Death & Facing the idea of impermanence 1:17:14 Does reincarnation exist? 1:22:41 Meditation & Spiritual Practices 1:30:30 The role that love plays in metaphysics 1:31:54 Free will & The illusion of choice 1:41:40 How Relationships Serve Purpose on the evolution of consciousness 1:45:23 AI & technology assisting the collective awakening 1:53:52 What it takes to prove this theory 1:58:30 This will change everything   ___________   Donald David Hoffman is an American cognitive psychologist and popular science author. He is a professor in the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, with joint appointments in the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, and the School of Computer Science. Hoffman studies consciousness, visual perception and evolutionary psychology using mathematical models and psychophysical experiments. His research subjects include facial attractiveness, the recognition of shape, the perception of motion and color, the evolution of perception, and the mind–body problem. He has co-authored two technical books; Observer Mechanics: A Formal Theory of Perception (1989) offers a theory of consciousness and its relationship to physics; Automotive Lighting and Human Vision (2005) applies vision science to vehicle lighting. His book Visual Intelligence: How We Create What We See (1998) presents the modern science of visual perception to a broad audience. His 2015 TED Talk, "Do we see reality as it is?" argues that our perceptions have evolved to hide reality from us.   Book: https://www.amazon.com/The-Case-Against-Reality/dp/0141983418/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1694112697&refinements=p_27%3ADonald+Hoffman&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Donald+Hoffman   ___________   Download André's FREE Book Recommendation List: https://www.knowthyself.one/books   Know Thyself Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knowthyself/ Website: https://www.knowthyself.one Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ4wglCWTJeWQC0exBalgKg   Listen to all episodes on Audio: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4FSiemtvZrWesGtO2MqTZ4?si=d389c8dee8fa4026 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/know-thyself/id1633725927     André Duqum Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andreduqum/   Meraki Media https://merakimedia.com https://www.instagram.com/merakimedia/

In this thought-provoking episode, cognitive psychologist and author Donald Hoffman takes us on a journey through the mysteries of consciousness and reality. From questioning the nature of what we perceive to pondering the existence of inanimate consciousness, Hoffman challenges conventional beliefs and explores the profound implications of proving local realism false.  He delves into topics such as the illusion of free will, the role of love in metaphysics, and the possibility of reincarnation. Prepare to have your mind expanded as we contemplate the nature of reality itself and how this paradigm-shifting understanding will change everything.  SPONSOR: Receive a free rechargeable frother with your MUDWTR order: https://www.mudwtr.com/knowthyself Download André's FREE Book Recommendation List: https://www.knowthyself.one/books ___________ Timecodes: (0:00) Introduction (2:30) The Question of Consciousness & Evolution (9:56) Is What We See Real?  (12:47) Implications of Proving Local Realism is False  (16:55) Are Inanimate Objects Conscious? (24:53) What Makes Something Conscious? (29:06) We're looking at the problem wrong  (40:34) How evolution hid the truth from us  (47:22) Conscious Agents: what's outside of space time? (54:00) Are We in a Simulation? (1:00:40) Seeing the Oneness in All (1:02:38) Concepts of Karma and Reincarnation (1:07:00) Implications on how we act in the world  (1:12:02) Self Compassion (1:13:35) Death & Facing the idea of impermanence  (1:17:14) Does reincarnation exist?  (1:22:41) Meditation & Spiritual Practices (1:30:30) The role that love plays in metaphysics  (1:31:54) Free will & The illusion of choice  (1:41:40) How Relationships Serve Purpose on the evolution of consciousness  (1:45:23) AI & technology assisting the collective awakening  (1:53:52) What it takes to prove this theory (1:58:30) This will change everything  ___________ Donald David Hoffman is an American cognitive psychologist and popular science author. He is a professor in the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, with joint appointments in the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, and the School of Computer Science. Hoffman studies consciousness, visual perception and evolutionary psychology using mathematical models and psychophysical experiments. His research subjects include facial attractiveness, the recognition of shape, the perception of motion and color, the evolution of perception, and the mind–body problem. He has co-authored two technical books; Observer Mechanics: A Formal Theory of Perception (1989) offers a theory of consciousness and its relationship to physics; Automotive Lighting and Human Vision (2005) applies vision science to vehicle lighting. His book Visual Intelligence: How We Create What We See (1998) presents the modern science of visual perception to a broad audience. His 2015 TED Talk, "Do we see reality as it is?" argues that our perceptions have evolved to hide reality from us. Book: https://www.amazon.com/The-Case-Against-Reality/dp/0141983418/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1694112697&refinements=p_27%3ADonald+Hoffman&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Donald+Hoffman ___________ Know Thyself Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knowthyself/ Website: https://www.knowthyself.one Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ4wglCWTJeWQC0exBalgKg Listen to all episodes on Audio:  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4FSiemtvZrWesGtO2MqTZ4?si=d389c8dee8fa4026 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/know-thyself/id1633725927 André Duqum Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andreduqum/ Meraki Media https://merakimedia.com https://www.instagram.com/merakimedia/

Donald Hoffman is Professor in the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, where he also has joint appointments in the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, and the School of Computer Science. Don has worked on a number of problems in his career, including human facial attractiveness, the mind-body problem, the evolution of perception, and even vehicle lighting. In this episode, Robinson and Don discuss his latest book, The Case Against Reality, which argues that human perception did not evolve to see the world as it really is, but in fact what we perceive is a world of icons that, in analogy to a computer desktop, bears no resemblance to what is going on in the objective space beyond our senses. The Case Against Reality: https://a.co/d/9kxeOI8 OUTLINE 00:00 In This Episode… 00:19 Introduction 04:03 Why Don Thinks We Don't Perceive Reality 07:55 Do We Interact with Reality Like an iPhone? 13:28 Vitalism and the Mystery of Consciousness 26:55 An Anecdote About Chomsky 30:00 Consciousness and Cutting the Brain in Half 41:20  Can Science Explain Consciousness? 49:15 How Beauty Disguises Reality 01:02:02 What is Veridical Perception? 01:10:13 The Battle Between Truth, Fitness, and Reality 01:31:16 Exploring the FBT Theorem 01:41:56 What is the Interface Theory of Perception? 01:47:10 Illusory Blue Jeans to Make Your Butt Look Good Robinson's Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robinson-erhardt/support

To access full episodes and our conference library of 200+ fascinating psychology talks and interviews (with certification), please visit: https://twumembers.com. Embark on a profound exploration of consciousness with Mark Solms, Anil Seth, Iain McGilchrist, and Donald Hoffman in this captivating compilation. Delve into the perplexing question of how conscious experience emerges from the intricate dance of neurons and synapses, challenging conventional notions. Join these esteemed minds as they unveil the brain's role as a predictive engine, crafting our perceptions instead of passively processing external inputs. Traverse discussions on perception, time, emotions, and the intricate interplay between matter and consciousness. Discover the universe of creativity and resistance shaping our reality. Engage in conversations about the deep connections between life, intelligence, and consciousness, gaining insights into our existence as both individuals and integral parts of the broader cosmos. --- Bios Iain McGilchrist Dr Iain McGilchrist is a Psychiatrist and Writer, who lives on the Isle of Skye, off the coast of North West Scotland. He is committed to the idea that the mind and brain can be understood only by seeing them in the broadest possible context, that of the whole of our physical and spiritual existence, and of the wider human culture in which they arise – the culture which helps to mould, and in turn is moulded by, our minds and brains. He was formerly a Consultant Psychiatrist of the Bethlem Royal and Maudsley NHS Trust in London, where he was Clinical Director of their southern sector Acute Mental Health Services. You can keep up to date with his work at https://channelmcgilchrist.com. Anil Seth Anil Seth is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex, and the Co-Director of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science. He is a Wellcome Trust Engagement Fellow, and a Senior Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. Professor Seth is Editor-in-Chief of Neuroscience of Consciousness, sits on the steering group and advisory board of the Human Mind Project, and was President of the British Science Association Psychology Section in 2017. You can keep up to date with his work at www.anilseth.com. Donald Hoffman Prof. Donald Hoffman, PhD received his PhD from MIT, and joined the faculty of the University of California, Irvine in 1983, where he is a Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Sciences. He is an author of over 100 scientific papers and three books, including Visual Intelligence, and The Case Against Reality. He received a Distinguished Scientific Award from the American Psychological Association for early career research, the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation, and the Troland Research Award of the US National Academy of Sciences. You can watch his TED Talk titled “Do we see reality as it is?” and you can follow him on Twitter @donalddhoffman. Mark Solms Professor Mark Solms is best known for his discovery of the forebrain mechanisms of dreaming, and for his pioneering integration of psychoanalytic theories and methods with those of modern neuroscience. He holds the Chair of Neuropsychology at the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital (Departments of Psychology and Neurology). His other positions have included: Honorary Lecturer in Neurosurgery at St. Bartholomew's & Royal London School of Medicine, Director of the International Neuro-Psychoanalysis Centre, London, and Director of the Arnold Pfeffer Center for Neuro-Psychoanalysis at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute. Professor Solms' books include: Clinical Studies in Neuro-Psychoanalysis (winner of the NAAP's Gradiva Award Best Book, Science Category in 2001), The Brain and The Inner World (2002), and most recently: Hidden Spring: A Journey to the Source of Consciousness (2021).

In the third and final chapter of the Waking Up Inside The Cave series we explore emerging theories with regards to the nature of reality and consciousness that have the potential to fix what's broken with “the official story of everything”. Specifically, we'll be looking at the work of Jefrey Kripal, Robert Lanza, and Donald Hoffman.___________________________TRY BETTERHELPThis episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ RABBITHOLE and get on your way to being your best self.TRY HELLOFRESHGo to hellofresh.com/rabbit50 and use code rabbit50 for 50% off plus free shipping!TRY AG1If you want to take ownership of your health, try AG1 and get a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D and 5 Free AG1 Travel Packs with your first purchase. Go to drink AG1.com/RABBIT.___________________________ EPISODE BRIEFBECOME A PATRONGET THE BOOKGet a SIGNED COPYGet it on AmazonFOLLOWWebsiteTwitterFacebookMUSICTheme: Cabinet of Curiosities by Shaun FrearsonTIMESTAMPS00:00:30 Introduction00:04:33 A New Paradigm Emerges00:09:52 The Flip00:13:41 —Triggering The Flip00:14:18 —The Impact Of The Flip00:14:56 —Where the Traditional Materialist View Fits00:15:46 —Full Disclosure00:17:17 Biocentrism00:20:35 —The Goldilocks Universe00:22:42 —If A Tree Falls In The Forest Does It Make A Sound?00:29:55 —Where Is The Universe?00:34:58 —The Participatory Universe & Quantum Mechanics00:36:21 —Space-Time Is Not Fundamental00:43:13 The Case Against Reality00:44:06 —How Evolution Hides The Truth00:46:33 —The Interface Theory of Perception00:48:22 —Objects As Mental Constructs00:49:48 —Space-Time Is Doomed00:50:42 Putting It All Together00:50:55 —Recognizing Our Uber-Umwelt00:57:29 —Consciousness—Not Space-Time—Is Fundamental01:00:59 ConclusionThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5746035/advertisement

Donald Hoffman is a cognitive scientist at UC Irvine and author of 'The Case Against Reality.' He believes that the world we experience is an illusion, whilst ultimate reality is composed of networks of conscious agents. Keith and Philip probe Professor Hoffman's view from their very different perspectives on the nature of consciousness. Here's the paper we discuss at length which argues that Donald's argument from evolution is self-defeating: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-022-04021-1 Here's Donald's recent co-written paper in which the authors attempt to ground physics in networks of conscious agents: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/25/1/129

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We experience, thus we exist. Our conscious perceptions form the foundation of our self-awareness. They play a vital role in shaping our understanding of ourselves as sentient beings: present, alive, and significant. However, what is the origin of consciousness, and how does the process of experiencing sensations and developing a sense of awareness contribute to its emergence? Is this capacity limited solely to humans? Do other animals share this ability? And what about the potential for future machines? In his book “Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness” neuropsychologist Professor Nicholas Humphrey uncovers the evolutionary history of consciousness and argues that consciousness evolved to make us feel that life is worth living. Drawing upon his groundbreaking research on social intelligence, as well as his intriguing findings on blindsight in monkeys and profound insights into the philosophy of mind, Professor Humphrey outlines a fascinating narrative to unveil the evolutionary origins of consciousness. In this episode of Bridging the Gaps, I speak with Professor Nicholas Humphrey. Nicholas Humphrey, Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the London School of Economics, is a theoretical psychologist, who studies the evolution of intelligence and consciousness. He was the first to demonstrate the existence of “blindsight” in monkeys. He has also studied mountain gorillas with Dian Fossey in Rwanda, and proposed the celebrated theory of the “social function of intellect,”. His research holds profound significance in exploring and unravelling the mysteries of the mind and its evolutionary underpinnings. We start off by discussing the enigma surrounding the emergence of consciousness and the challenges encountered when attempting to understand its nature and origins. Professor Nicholas Humphrey's book introduces the intriguing concepts of cognitive consciousness and phenomenal consciousness, which we thoroughly explore during our conversation. We then discuss in detail the concept of sentience as presented and explained in this book. We delve into the evolutionary perspective, examining why consciousness became an adaptive trait and how it evolved within living organisms. An intriguing question arises: if our early animal ancestors possessed cognitive consciousness, how did it transition into phenomenal consciousness? Could there exist an observable threshold, such as brain size, neuron count, or processing capacity, at which cognitive consciousness transforms into phenomenal consciousness? We then discuss the fascinating notion of blindsight and its relevance to the theory of consciousness presented in the book. We then delve into the complex concept of sensations, exploring how the firing of neurons and the movement of electric signals within the brain give rise to our subjective experience of consciousness. Lastly, we explore the possibility of consciousness emerging within machines, contemplating its potential evolution beyond organic life. Complement this discussion with ““The Case Against Reality” and The Hard Problem of Consciousness with Professor Donald Hoffman” available at: https://www.bridgingthegaps.ie/2022/07/the-case-against-reality-and-the-hard-problem-of-consciousness-with-professor-donald-hoffman/ And then listen to “From Consciousness to Synthetic Consciousness: From One Unknown to Another Unknown with David Chalmers” available at: https://www.bridgingthegaps.ie/2015/03/from-consciousness-to-synthetic-consciousness-from-one-unknown-to-another-unknown-with-david-chalmers/

Welcome back to Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu - your go-to podcast for insightful, thought-provoking content.  In the second part of our in-depth conversation with Professor Donald Hoffman, we continue exploring his revolutionary theories on perception and reality.  Hoffman, who is hailed for his work in cognitive sciences, delves deeper into how evolution hides the truth of our reality, pushing us to question what we see and believe.  This episode is essential for those seeking to understand more about their own consciousness, but are unafraid to question the world around them.  It isn't just thought-provoking; it's life-changing. Ever wondered if we're living in a simulation? Or questioned the true potential of AI and its consciousness? Hoffman addresses these riveting concepts and more. But why does any of this matter? It's simple. Hoffman's insights can help you see the world from a radically different perspective, inspiring you to question your assumptions and rethink your understanding of reality. This isn't just about theoretical musings - it's about empowering you to explore new realms of self-awareness and understanding. Check out Donald Hoffman's latest book, The Case Against Reality, Why Evolution Hid The Truth From Our Eyes here: https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Reality-Evolution-Truth/dp/0393254690  HOFFMAN QUOTES: “Let go of everything and try to just be aware of awareness. Being aware of being aware.” “We can have genuine free will at the smaller agent level, and that is not incompatible with free will at higher levels.”  “Awareness has no form but assumes all sorts of conscious forms Follow Donald Hoffman: Website:http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/  Email: ddhoff@uci.edu  Twitter: https://twitter.com/donalddhoffman  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donalddhoffman/  Get ready to unlock your true potential and enjoy an unparalleled listening experience with our Impact Theory subscription service at https://impacttheorynetwork.supercast.com/ Sponsors: Get 20% OFF with our code IMPACT at calderalab.com/IMPACT. Unlock your youthful glow and be ready for summer with Caldera Lab! Go to hostinger.com/impact and use code IMPACT to get 10% OFF your new website! Head over to http://www.mindpumpimpact.com to find the 5 most impactful Mind Pump fitness episodes that will transform your body and your life. Check out Vessi styles at https://www.vessi.com/impact. Use code IMPACT for 15% off your order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to another incredible episode of Impact Theory, the podcast designed for people like you who are excited by new perspectives and thought-provoking conversations.  We're diving into another extraordinary conversation with Donald Hoffman, a renowned cognitive scientist and author, known for challenging our perception of reality.  In the first part of this powerful two-part series, we delve into Hoffman's groundbreaking theories, as he explores the 'hacked' version of reality our brains present us with.  This conversation isn't just thought-provoking; it's life-changing. Ever wondered if we're living in a simulation? Or questioned the true potential of AI and its consciousness? Hoffman addresses these riveting concepts and more. But why does any of this matter? It's simple. Hoffman's insights can help you see the world from a radically different perspective, inspiring you to question your assumptions and rethink your understanding of reality. This isn't just about theoretical musings - it's about empowering you to explore new realms of self-awareness and understanding. Check out Donald Hoffman's latest book, The Case Against Reality, Why Evolution Hid The Truth From Our Eyes here: https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Reality-Evolution-Truth/dp/0393254690  HOFFMAN QUOTES: “Behind space time there is an incredibly complicated realm to explore.” “Consciousness is the ability to have experiences like the taste of chocolate.” “What we are, are avatars of the one effectively and the one awareness is exploring all of its possibilities through different avatars.” “No system can completely know itself.” Follow Donald Hoffman: Website:http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/  Email: ddhoff@uci.edu  Twitter: https://twitter.com/donalddhoffman  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donalddhoffman/  Get ready to unlock your true potential and enjoy an unparalleled listening experience with our Impact Theory subscription service at https://impacttheorynetwork.supercast.com/ Sponsors: Get 20% OFF with our code IMPACT at calderalab.com/IMPACT. Unlock your youthful glow and be ready for summer with Caldera Lab! Go to hostinger.com/impact and use code IMPACT to get 10% OFF your new website! Head over to http://www.mindpumpimpact.com to find the 5 most impactful Mind Pump fitness episodes that will transform your body and your life. Check out Vessi styles at https://www.vessi.com/impact. Use code IMPACT for 15% off your order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carmen and Janet expand the horizon of their minds. Are plants conscious? The Case Against Reality. Eastern Philosophy. Meditation. Shared consciousness. Living in a simulation. Panpsychism. Everything is vibrating. The double slit experiment. Higher states of consciousness. Is space-time real? Lucid dreaming. Everything is energy. The tree in the forest. Carmen's witchiness. The subjective nature of reality. Locked-in syndrome. Animal consciousness. The life force. Quantum mechanics. The ego. Spreading love. Emotional apes. We are all light and love. Idiocracy. We're like beavers with sticks. (Recorded on June 12, 2023)

Brought to you by Microsoft Clarity—See how people actually use your product | Eppo—Run reliable, impactful experiments | Eco—Your most rewarding app—Gustav Söderström is the Co-President and Chief Product and Technology Officer at Spotify. He is responsible for Spotify's global product and technology strategy, overseeing the product, design, data, and engineering teams. Prior to Spotify, he founded 13th Lab, a startup that was later acquired by Facebook's Oculus. He also served as the Director of Product and Business Development for Yahoo Mobile and founded Kenet Works, a company focused on community software for mobile phones, which was acquired by Yahoo in 2006. In today's episode, we discuss:• How Spotify structures product teams to promote freedom of thought• Lessons on thinking long-term and navigating negative feedback• Why Gustav started a podcast and what he's learned• How AI has impacted the work PMs, engineers, and designers do within Spotify• AI-generated music and its impact on artists• What's next for Spotify and Spotify Podcasting—Find the full transcript at: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/lessons-from-scaling-spotify-the-science-of-product-taking-risky-bets-and-how-ai-is-already-impacting-the-future-of-music-gustav-soderstrom-co-president-cpo-and-cto-at-spotify/#transcript—Where to find Gustav Söderström:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/GustavS• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gustavsoderstrom/—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• Twitter: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Gustav's background(04:08) The various roles Gustav has occupied at Spotify(06:54) Why Gustav launched a podcast and what he learned(12:37) How PMs and product teams should think about AI(21:23) AI-generated music(26:19) Will AI continue to be a magic trick for products?(28:27) How Spotify organizes product teams(34:33) How Spotify operationalized autonomy(35:45) Why Spotify uses a centralized model for structuring their organization(43:34) The big bet Spotify took with redesigning its interface, and what they learned(57:26) How they tested their hypothesis before launch(1:02:35) Gustav's “10% planning time” methodology (1:03:53) How to bring energy and clarity to your work(1:08:07) How to systematize deep thinking(1:10:29) The peeing-in-your-pants analogy (1:11:38) Thoughts on how the Swedish culture is portrayed in Succession (1:13:30) What's next for Spotify and Spotify Podcasting(1:15:52) Lightning round—Referenced:• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/• Daniel Ek: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-ek-1b52093a/• Spotify: A Product Story podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3L9tzrt0CthF6hNkxYIeSB• Spotify's AI DJ: https://newsroom.spotify.com/2023-02-22/spotify-debuts-a-new-ai-dj-right-in-your-pocket/• Avicii: https://avicii.com/• DALL-E: https://openai.com/product/dall-e-2• Stable Diffusion: https://stability.ai/• Midjourney: https://www.midjourney.com/• Brian Chesky: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianchesky/• Succession on HBO: https://www.hbo.com/succession• Fjällräven: https://www.fjallraven.com/us/en-us• 7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy: https://www.amazon.com/7-Powers-Foundations-Business-Strategy• Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor: https://www.amazon.com/Charlie-Munger-Tren-Griffin• The Mystery of the Aleph: Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for Infinity: https://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Aleph-Mathematics-Kabbalah-Infinity• Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime: https://www.amazon.com/Something-Deeply-Hidden• Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution: https://www.amazon.com/Helgoland-Making-Sense-Quantum-Revolution• The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World: https://www.amazon.com/The-Beginning-of-Infinity• The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes—and Its Implications: https://www.amazon.com/The-Fabric-of-Reality• The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes: https://www.amazon.com/The-Case-Against-Reality-audiobook/dp/B07VL5TCVF/ref=sr_1_1• Gödel's Proof: https://www.amazon.com/G%C3%B6dels-Proof-Ernest-Nagel• The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life: https://www.amazon.com/Demon-Machine-Information-Solving-Mystery• Halt and Catch Fire on Apple TV: https://tv.apple.com/us/show/halt-and-catch-fire/umc.cmc.5s15r46uj0wx044tipm2zoh88• Duolingo: https://www.duolingo.com/—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com.—Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed. Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe

Jay Shapiro is an award winning filmmaker, writer, & podcaster. He directed the film Islam & the Future of Tolerance, based around a post 9/11 conversation between Sam Harris & Maajid Nawaz. He produces and creates a wide range of content, writes on his "What Jay Thinks" blog & hosts the Dilemma podcast - I had the pleasure of being his guest for a Dilemma hangout about Sentientism back in 2020. He loves thoughtful deep dives into philosophy, psychology, & political analysis. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what's real?” & “who matters?” Sentientism is "evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings." The video of our conversation is ⁠⁠here on YouTube⁠⁠. We discuss: 00:00 Welcome 01:54 Jay Intro - The Essential #samharris series - Documentary & narrative film-making - "I really want to understand ideas... and transmit those to an audience... even if I totally disagree with the idea" 03:16 What's Real? - Growing up in a secular #Jewish household - "Post-holocaust American judaism is it's own brand... a very ethical & political tribe more than a religious one" - "Never again becomes the holiest prayer" - Psychologist dad, guidance counsellor mum - "I'm a boring naturalist but... I love analogies for what it feels like to exist" - Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five "Oh... This is what I like" - An over-active imagination as a kid... "my scientists", The Truman Show, solipsism, Philip K Dick & #scifi - #Meditation, #psychedelics, religious experiences... "scrambles the dials" - Donald Hoffman's "The Case Against Reality" - How evolution shapes our construction of experiences of reality - Psychedelics help us "catch it in the act" of reality construction - "There's much more out there" e.g. non-human sentient experiences - "It reminds you of the expansiveness of reality rather than show you a new one" - The National High School Ethics Bowl - Anil Seth's "How your brain hallucinates reality" @TED - Annika Harris's exploration of consciousness theories re: "The Hard Question" - "Reality is awesome enough - who needs magic" (I mis-spoke!) - Epistemological tests?: atheism, veganism, spherical earth... - Writing about Sam Harris, not for him - Object-oriented ontology - #psychology "I don't think we're the rational animal... we're the rationalising animal" - How people respond to #cognitivedissonance (Leon Festinger) "they really don't like it" - Criticising #consequentialism "you can justify anything... wait long enough and the consequences will work out... where do you stop the clock... too easy to find an out" - #Virtueethics "Secular virtue" (vs. religious views of virtue) - What happens after noticing the cognitive dissonance. More about psychology & values more than epistemology? - Coping mechanisms. Consequentialism, capitalism, economics... give people outs to "quiet these voices in their heads" - Neil Levy "people are more rational than you think" https://youtu.be/Tp40ga1cXEc - Qanon, Goop products... everyone selects evidence/sources to suit themselves - Believing unfounded things can be a "rational" response to existential crises / the discomfort of cognitive dissonance 37:45 What Matters? - "There is no grounding (to ethics)" - David Hume's "unbreachable" is-ought chasm - "If you hate Sam (Harris) I think you'll like a lot of what I do there" (the Foundations of Morality episode of The Essential Sam Harris - There is a relationship between is and ought but "It's up to us to define that relationship" 58:50 Who Matters? 01:50:49 How Can We Make A Better Future? ...and much more. Full show notes at ⁠⁠Sentientism.info⁠⁠. Sentientism is “Evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings.” More at ⁠⁠Sentientism.info⁠⁠. Join our ⁠⁠"I'm a Sentientist" wall⁠⁠ via ⁠⁠this simple form⁠⁠. Everyone, Sentientist or not, is welcome in our groups. The biggest so far is ⁠⁠here on FaceBook⁠⁠. Come join us there!

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter PayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl.com/yb3acuuy PayPal Subscription 3 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9l PayPal Subscription 5 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpz PayPal Subscription 10 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9m PayPal Subscription 20 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao This show is sponsored by Enlites, Learning & Development done differently. Check the website here: http://enlites.com/ Dr. Donald Hoffman is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes. In this episode, we focus on The Case Against Reality, and the interface theory of perception. We start by discussing the interface theory of perception, shape as an effective code for fitness, different ways of perceiving “reality”, and what is “real”. We address scientific and philosophical objections to the theory, and epistemological approaches that might differ from empirical science. We talk about simulated realities, and discuss if they are really different from what we normally perceive. We talk about the use of psychedelics; and spirits, ghosts, and gods as experiences. We ask if “truth-seeing” organisms could evolve, and if we could ever perceive objective reality. Finally, we talk about breaking the tension between science and spiritual and religious traditions. -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS/SUPPORTERS: PER HELGE LARSEN, JERRY MULLER, HANS FREDRIK SUNDE, BERNARDO SEIXAS, OLAF ALEX, JONATHAN VISSER, ADAM KESSEL, MATTHEW WHITINGBIRD, ARNAUD WOLFF, TIM HOLLOSY, HENRIK AHLENIUS, JOHN CONNORS, FILIP FORS CONNOLLY, DAN DEMETRIOU, ROBERT WINDHAGER, RUI INACIO, ZOOP, MARCO NEVES, COLIN HOLBROOK, SIMON COLUMBUS, PHIL KAVANAGH, MIKKEL STORMYR, SAMUEL ANDREEFF, FRANCIS FORDE, TIAGO NUNES, ALEXANDER DANNBAUER, FERGAL CUSSEN, HAL HERZOG, NUNO MACHADO, JONATHAN LEIBRANT, JOÃO LINHARES, STANTON T, SAMUEL CORREA, ERIK HAINES, MARK SMITH, JOÃO EIRA, TOM HUMMEL, SARDUS FRANCE, DAVID SLOAN WILSON, YACILA DEZA-ARAUJO, ROMAIN ROCH, DIEGO LONDOÑO CORREA, YANICK PUNTER, ADANER USMANI, CHARLOTTE BLEASE, NICOLE BARBARO, ADAM HUNT, PAWEL OSTASZEWSKI, NELLEKE BAK, GUY MADISON, GARY G HELLMANN, SAIMA AFZAL, ADRIAN JAEGGI, NICK GOLDEN, PAULO TOLENTINO, JOÃO BARBOSA, JULIAN PRICE, EDWARD HALL, HEDIN BRØNNER, DOUGLAS FRY, FRANCA BORTOLOTTI, GABRIEL PONS CORTÈS, URSULA LITZCKE, SCOTT, ZACHARY FISH, TIM DUFFY, SUNNY SMITH, JON WISMAN, MORTEN EIKELAND, DR BYRD, DANIEL FRIEDMAN, WILLIAM BUCKNER, MAU MARIA, PAUL-GEORGE ARNAUD, LUKE GLOWACKI, GEORGIOS THEOPHANOUS, CHRIS WILLIAMSON, PETER WOLOSZYN, DAVID WILLIAMS, ROOFTOWEL, DIOGO COSTA, ANTON ERIKSSON, CHARLES MOREY, ALEX CHAU, AMAURI MARTÍNEZ, CORALIE CHEVALLIER, PEDRO BONILLA, BANGALORE ATHEISTS, LARRY D. LEE JR., OLD HERRINGBONE, STARRY, MICHAEL BAILEY, DAN SPERBER, ROBERT GRESSIS, TOM ROTH, THERPMD, IGOR N, JEFF MCMAHAN, JAKE ZUEHL, BARNABAS RADICS, MARK CAMPBELL, RICHARD BOWEN, TOMAS DAUBNER, LUKE NISSEN, CHRIS STORY, AND MANUEL OLIVEIRA! A SPECIAL THANKS TO MY PRODUCERS, YZAR WEHBE, JIM FRANK, ŁUKASZ STAFINIAK, TOM VANEGDOM, BERNARD HUGUENEY, CURTIS DIXON, BENEDIKT MUELLER, VEGA GIDEY, THOMAS TRUMBLE, KATHRINE AND PATRICK TOBIN, JONCARLO MONTENEGRO, ROBERT LEWIS, AND AL NICK ORTIZ! AND TO MY EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS, MATTHEW LAVENDER, SERGIU CODREANU, AND BOGDAN KANIVETS!

My guest today, Ronan Levy, is the co-founder of Field Trip Health, the world's largest provider of psychedelic-assisted therapies, with twelve incredible clinics across the globe providing truly life-changing modern treatments. We talk about his journey into psychedelic therapy (and swap tales of our own medicine journeys), go deep on the neurological benefits involved, hash out the complexities of providing these modalities in safe and legal settings, and preview his upcoming documentary, Ordinary Trip. As upside-down as the world seems to be right now, it's truly inspiring to meet people like Ronan who are doing such impactful work, and to see the evolution of alternative therapies like the ones we discuss here.  Whether you're just psychedelic-curious or a well-traveled psychonaut, this dialogue has a lot to offer. And for those of you who find yourself inspired by Ronan's story and are interested in a journey of your own, visit lukestorey.com/FieldTrip to find out how to take advantage of their cutting-edge therapies. DISCLAIMER: This podcast is presented for educational and exploratory purposes only. Published content is not intended to be used for diagnosing or treating any illness. Those responsible for this show disclaim responsibility for any possible adverse effects from the use of information presented by Luke or his guests. Please consult with your healthcare provider before using any products referenced. This podcast may contain paid endorsements for products or services. 00:04:32 — The Trip Journal The Trip Journal by Ronan Levy Importance of integration and understanding Honoring the psychonaut journey Fear and letting go  00:19:03 — Ronan's Personal Journey  Kidnapping of his brother Failed kidnapping of George Bush Sr. Leaving his work as a lawyer Opening a cash-for-gold store Getting into the cannabis industry  How To Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan Ronan's first mushroom trip Power in empathy and self-awareness 00:38:56 — Launching Field Trip Finding freedom in Jamaica  Fundraising and scaling  A harrowing first ketamine experience  Canada vs. US regulation  Curating the experience  Integration as a lifelong process Describing a typical ketamine journey How psychedelics change your brain The Case Against Reality by Donald Hoffman Exploring at-home ketamine therapy  Luke and Ronan swap concert experiences  01:20:47 — Ordinary Trip (Documentary) Mission behind the project  Tripping around the world Magnitude of 5-MeO-DMT The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk M.D. The funniest cosmic joke of all time 01:44:10 — The Future of Psychedelic Therapy Decriminalization and legalization  Field Trip app  Epic failure of the war on drugs Fostering intentionality and connection  Formulating a half-life synthetic psilocybin  Watch the documentary trailer  Erwin Pearlman, Tom Robbins, and Yuval Noah Harari More about this episode. Watch on YouTube. THIS SHOW IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY: BONCHARGE. Good sleep is one of, if not the best, wellness hacks you can leverage. The Bon Charge Blackout Mask is lightweight, breathable, fully adjustable, and provides the perfect blackout experience for deep sleep. Use the code LIFESTYLIST for 15% off at boncharge.com/lifestylist. AND... JOYMODE. Want to spice things up in the bedroom and boost your sexual performance? And do it naturally without nasty prescription drugs? Whether you're happy or unhappy with your performance in the bedroom, why not perform even better? JOYMODE's Sexual Performance Booster is like a pre-workout, but for sex. Go to usejoymode.com/LUKE or enter “LUKE” at checkout for 20% off your first order. AND… SIMPLY O3. Ozone therapy has a long history of use in chronic disease, especially for things like cancer, Lyme, autoimmune infections, and mold toxicity. And now, Simply O3 is bringing expensive ozone treatment directly to your home with their ozone kits. Get 10% off at simplyo3.com/luke. AND… TIMELINE NUTRITION. Mitopure is a breakthrough postbiotic that activates your body's natural defense against aging. Clinically proven to unlock the potent bioactive, Urolithin A. It is the purest form of Urolithin A, a molecule, which is only produced as a by-product when gut bacteria digest specific ingredients found in pomegranates. Go to “LUKE10” for 10% of any 2, 4 or 12-month Mitopure plans at timelinenutrition.com. Resources: Website: Field Trip Health Read: The Trip Journal by Ronan Levy App: Field Trip mobile app  Are you ready to block harmful blue light, and look great at the same time? Check out Gilded By Luke Storey. Where fashion meets function: gildedbylukestorey.com Join me on Telegram for the uncensored content big tech won't allow me to post. It's free speech and free content: www.lukestorey.com/telegram Related: Field Tripping Podcast | The Pain of Being Me with Luke Storey #48

  In this episode of Smarter, Not Harder podcast, we are joined by Dr. Donald Hoffman, a cognitive psychologist and popular science author. He is a professor at the University of California — Irvine, and  the author of “The Case Against Reality”.  He studies consciousness, visual perception, and evolutionary psychology using mathematical models and psychophysical experiments.    Hosts Boomer Anderson and Dr. Ted Achacoso unraveled what made Dr. Hoffman study consciousness; the different theories of consciousness, conscious agents, amplituhedron, reality, space time, psychedelics, his book “The Case Against Reality”, and so much more!   What we discussed: 00:00:35 - About Dr. Donald Hoffman 00:02:31 -  Dr. Hoffman's COVID-19 Experience 00:06:27 - Dr. Hoffman's Desire to Study Consciousness and Reality 00:16:56 - Dr. Hoffman's Parents' Reaction to His Changed Point of View 00:19:35 - Physicalist Framework (Local Realism), Epiphysicalist (Conscious Realism) Framework 00:20:15 - Physicalist Framework  00:22:07 - Physicalism and Science 00:27: 25 - Implications of Finding Structures Beyond Space-time 00:29:28 - The Amplituhedron 00:40:07 - The Evolution 00:47:19 - Integrated Information Theory and Global Workspace Theory 00:50:58 - Dr. Hoffman's Proposed Theories 00:56:51 - Consciousness as Defined by Conscious Realism 01:02:30 - Nature of Reality 01:05:24 - How His Theories Interface With Spiritual Teachings 01:11:50 - What Are The Impacts Of Dr. Hoffman's Theories And His Hospitalization Due To COVID-19 01:15:20 - Impacts of Dr. Hoffman's Theories of Consciousness to Other Belief Systems 01:18:25 - Can Psychedelics Evolve  Pointers  01:21:20 - Dr. Hoffman's Meditation 01:31:07 - More About Dr. Hoffman and His Works 01:31:57 - A Preview of His Upcoming Journal   Find out more from Smarter, Not Harder: Website: https://troscriptions.com/blogs/podcast | https://www.homehope.org Instagram: @troscriptions | @homehopeorg   Find out more about Dr. Donald Hoffman: Twitter: https://twitter.com/donalddhoffman Website: http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/ TEDTalk: “Do We See Reality as It Is?” Books:  “The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes”  “Visual Intelligence: How We Create What We See” “Observer Mechanics: A Formal Theory of Perception”   Get 10% Off Your Purchase of Metabolomics Module by using PODCAST10 at https://www.homehope.org   Get 10% Off your Trosciptions purchase by using POD10 at https://www.troscriptions.com   Get daily content from the hosts of Smarter Not Harder by following @troscriptions on Instagram. 

Adam Zbegner (PART 2) is a father, husband, and intellectual in recovery. We became friends over twenty years ago from our involvement in a recovery community. We have spent many hours chatting, reviewing books, music, and playing Risk (The Game of Global Domination). Today we meet to discuss a book we decided to read and review this winter titled "The Case Against Reality" How Evolution hid the truth from our eyes by Donald D. Hoffman. See Links Below.BOOK ON AMAZON:https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3ADonald+Hoffman&s=relevancerank&text=Donald+Hoffman&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1Can we trust our senses to tell us the truth?Challenging leading scientific theories that claim that our senses report back objective reality, cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman argues that while we should take our perceptions seriously, we should not take them literally. How can it be possible that the world we see is not an objective reality? And how can our senses be useful if they are not communicating the truth? Hoffman grapples with these questions and more over the course of this eye-opening work.Ever since Homo sapiens walked the earth, natural selection has favored perception that hides the truth and guides us toward useful action, shaping our senses to keep us alive and reproducing. We observe a speeding car and do not walk in front of it; we see mold growing on bread and do not eat it. These impressions, though, are not objective reality. Just like a file icon on a desktop screen is a useful symbol rather than a genuine representation of what a computer file looks like, the objects we see every day are merely icons, allowing us to navigate the world safely and with ease.The real-world implications for this discovery are huge. From examining why fashion designers create clothes that give the illusion of a more “attractive” body shape to studying how companies use color to elicit specific emotions in consumers, and even dismantling the very notion that spacetime is objective reality, The Case Against Reality dares us to question everything we thought we knew about the world we see.DONALD D. HOFFMAN :https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/case-against-realityThis is Part two of a book review that progresses into many more topics, and eventually we land on the lap of Immanuel Kant. Support the show Stop by our Apple Podcast and drop a Review! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/allbetter/id1592297425?see-all=reviewsSupport The Showhttps://www.patreon.com/allbetter

Attain Your Potential - Download the FREE Impact 90 Challenge Start Pack: http://bit.ly/3WY0LLs Click here to download your FREE guide to 100x YOUR EFFICIENCY IN 10 EASY STEPS: https://bit.ly/3F8qOJLOn Today's Episode:It's pretty normal that you think of reality being the world around us, the tangible things you see and interact with. You probably even include and make space for how your emotions influence perception and tie that into what creates your reality.Donald Hoffman is joining Tom for another mind-bending episode to challenge if we're actually living in a false reality. Donald Hoffman is a cognitive scientist that has argued against reality and the limitations of spacetime.Some questions being posed in this episode that will stretch your beyond your limits are:What is beyond spacetime?What is the true structure of objective reality?Is it possible evolution has shaped us in a way that guides our behaviors and therefore how we see objective reality?His idea of comparing our current reality to that of living in a virtual headset is being taken to the next few levels up and exploring the strategies we use to survive the game of life. Check out Donald Hoffman's latest book, The Case Against Reality, Why Evolution Hid The Truth From Our Eyes here: https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Reality-Evolution-Truth/dp/0393254690 Don't miss Donald's last conversation on Why Reality Is All A Lie: https://youtu.be/Ehz89eV5JR4 QUOTES:“The strategies are ways to survive long enough to reproduce. So you can look at the different strategies for playing the game of life…”“The game of life is, how do I live long enough to reproduce and how do I raise my offspring to maturity.”“Our window on the world is trivial compared to in principle what could be available.”“The probability is one that we don't see the truth at all.”“Visual attention, paying attention to different objects, is our way of switching from this representation of fitness payoffs to this representation of fitness payoffs.”“Spacetime is just our headset.”“We've been short-changed. Really shallow data structure. Only three-dimensions of space, one dimension of time, we got a cheap headset.”“Reason is telling us its limits. Reason is saying that logic itself cannot get to all truths.”“It's better to put something on the table and get a negative reaction so we can say, what are better places to go in this.”Follow Donald Hoffman:Website:http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/ Email: ddhoff@uci.edu Twitter: https://twitter.com/donalddhoffman Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donalddhoffman/Sponsors: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at http://www.betterhelp.com/impacttheory and get on your way to being your best self.Get $500 off Peloton Tread Packages that come with accessories like a heart rate band, workout mat and non-slip dumbbells. Just go to onepeleton.com to get the deal.Search for Travis Makes Friends, give him a follow, and check out a few episodes. And if you leave a review, mention that you heard about him from Impact Theory to be entered into a contest for some new Apple Airpods. If you want to get on my daily routine, you can get 30 days free of Open by visiting withopen.com/IMPACT.

Adam Zbegner is a father, husband, and intellectual in recovery. We became friends over twenty years ago from our involvement in a recovery community. We have spent many hours chatting, reviewing books, music, and playing Risk (The Game of Global Domination). Today we meet to discuss a book we decided to read and review this winter titled "The Case Against Reality" How Evolution hid the truth from our eyes by Donald D. Hoffman. See Links Below.BOOK ON AMAZON:https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3ADonald+Hoffman&s=relevancerank&text=Donald+Hoffman&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1Can we trust our senses to tell us the truth?Challenging leading scientific theories that claim that our senses report back objective reality, cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman argues that while we should take our perceptions seriously, we should not take them literally. How can it be possible that the world we see is not objective reality? And how can our senses be useful if they are not communicating the truth? Hoffman grapples with these questions and more over the course of this eye-opening work.Ever since Homo sapiens walked the earth, natural selection has favored perception that hides the truth and guides us toward useful action, shaping our senses to keep us alive and reproducing. We observe a speeding car and do not walk in front of it; we see mold growing on bread and do not eat it. These impressions, though, are not objective reality. Just like a file icon on a desktop screen is a useful symbol rather than a genuine representation of what a computer file looks like, the objects we see every day are merely icons, allowing us to navigate the world safely and with ease.The real-world implications for this discovery are huge. From examining why fashion designers create clothes that give the illusion of a more “attractive” body shape to studying how companies use color to elicit specific emotions in consumers, and even dismantling the very notion that spacetime is objective reality, The Case Against Reality dares us to question everything we thought we knew about the world we see.DONALD D. HOFFMAN :https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/case-against-realityThis is Part one of a book review that progresses into many more topics, and eventually we land on the lap of Immanuel Kant. Support the show Stop by our Apple Podcast and drop a Review! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/allbetter/id1592297425?see-all=reviewsSupport The Showhttps://www.patreon.com/allbetter

Donald Hoffman received a PhD in Computational Psychology from MIT, and is a Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is an author of over 100 scientific papers and three books, including The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes (2019), and Visual intelligence: How we create what we see (1998). He received a Distinguished Scientific Award of the American Psychological Association for early career research, the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation, and the Troland Research Award of the US National Academy of Sciences. His writing has appeared in Scientific American, New Scientist, LA Review of Books, and Edge, and his work has been featured in Wired, Quanta, The Atlantic, Ars Technica, National Public Radio, Discover Magazine, and Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman. He has published a mathematical theory of consciousness. He has a TED Talk titled Do we see reality as it is? and a podcast titled Reality is an illusion with Lex Fridman. He has dozens of podcasts available online.

Get early access to our latest psychology lectures: http://bit.ly/new-talks5 If I have a visual experience that I describe as a red tomato a meter away, then I am inclined to believe that there is, in fact, a red tomato a meter away, even if I close my eyes. I believe that my perceptions are, in the normal case, veridical—that they accurately depict aspects of the real world. But is my belief supported by our best science? In particular: Does evolution by natural selection favor veridical perceptions? Many scientists and philosophers claim that it does. But this claim, though plausible, has not been properly tested. In this talk, I present a new theorem: Veridical perceptions are never more fit than non-veridical perceptions which are simply tuned to the relevant fitness functions. This entails that perception is not a window on reality; it is more like a desktop interface on your laptop. I discuss this interface theory of perception and its implications for one of the most puzzling unsolved problems in science: the relationship between brain activity and conscious experiences. --- Prof. Donald Hoffman, PhD received his PhD from MIT, and joined the faculty of the University of California, Irvine in 1983, where he is a Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Sciences. He is an author of over 100 scientific papers and three books, including Visual Intelligence, and The Case Against Reality. He received a Distinguished Scientific Award from the American Psychological Association for early career research, the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation, and the Troland Research Award of the US National Academy of Sciences. His writing has appeared in Edge, New Scientist, LA Review of Books, and Scientific American and his work has been featured in Wired, Quanta, The Atlantic, and Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman. You can watch his TED Talk titled “Do we see reality as it is?” and you can follow him on Twitter @donalddhoffman. Links: - Get our latest psychology lectures emailed to your inbox: http://bit.ly/new-talks5 - Check out our next event: http://theweekenduniversity.com/events/ - Prof Hoffman's profile: http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff - Prof Hoffman's book: https://amzn.to/3njNX1G - Prof. Hoffman's content/interviews- https://bit.ly/3bvyNUn --- Attachment Theory & Psychotherapy - Free Online Course (worth £99) In Exchange for Podcast Reviews. We're offering free access to our Attachment Theory and Psychotherapy Online Course - which normally costs £99 in exchange to those who leave a review on our podcast. The course is run by Professor Jeremy Holmes - one of the world's leading experts in how attachment theory can be applied to improve therapeutic practice. Just so you know I'm not making this up, Peter Fonagy has described Professor Holmes' latest book as “one of the most valuable contributions to the field in this century.” Normally this course costs £99. But you can get it for free simply by leaving a review of this podcast on the platform you use - whether that's iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify. Then, simply email us on support@theweekenduniversity.com and we'll grant you free access to the course. Reviews make a huge difference in helping us get the ideas shared by our speakers out to a wider audience, so not only will you be getting a £99 course free of charge, you'll also be helping a greater number of people improve their quality of life. Thanks for your continued support of the project, and I hope you enjoy today's show.

In this episode, Professors Deepa Mani and Bhagwan Chowdhry discuss how researchers use models to make predictions. Predictions that are useful. But it is important not to forget that models are just that, models. They are not reality. They help us survive and thrive but do not necessarily lead us to the truth. So, we must use models with humility.Music AuthorsSong: Pastime Paradise Artist: Ray Barretto Writers: Stevie Wonder#isbfaculty #AtriumTalks #ISBStudios

My guest on today's podcast is Donald Hoffman, a cognitive psychologist and popular science author, and a professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. Donald is probably best known for his TED Talk and popular Book, The Case Against Reality.  Many of you probably know that I'm deeply interested in understanding the nature of reality and its relationship with technology. In particular, my hunch is that we may be living in a simulation but there is so much more nuance to that hunch that I don't want to just throw it out there that simply.  Perhaps it's better if I say less and let you listen to this conversation with Donald Hoffman for yourself.

Donald D. Hoffman is a Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of The case against reality: Why evolution hid the truth from our eyes. His research on perception, evolution, and consciousness received the Troland Award of the US National Academy of Sciences, the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution of the American Psychological Association, the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation, and is the subject of his TED Talk, titled “Do we see reality as it is?”"This is really what life, I think, is about - learning to not believe your thoughts. Watch your thoughts, see their patterns and learn that you are not at the whim and beck and call of your thoughts. You can watch your thoughts, and you can choose to let go of thoughts and just be present and let go of the complaints. And that then opens up a level of creativity that's surprising. It could be in dance, science, it could be in music, or art. Wherever you have creative expression, letting go of thought and having this balance between thinking and no thinking, going into complete silence and then pulling ideas back for your art, your science, your dance, whatever it might be, is really the dance of life."http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/The Case Against Realitywww.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.org

"This is really what life, I think, is about - learning to not believe your thoughts. Watch your thoughts, see their patterns and learn that you are not at the whim and beck and call of your thoughts. You can watch your thoughts, and you can choose to let go of thoughts and just be present and let go of the complaints. And that then opens up a level of creativity that's surprising. It could be in dance, science, it could be in music, or art. Wherever you have creative expression, letting go of thought and having this balance between thinking and no thinking, going into complete silence and then pulling ideas back for your art, your science, your dance, whatever it might be, is really the dance of life."Donald D. Hoffman is a Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of The case against reality: Why evolution hid the truth from our eyes. His research on perception, evolution, and consciousness received the Troland Award of the US National Academy of Sciences, the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution of the American Psychological Association, the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation, and is the subject of his TED Talk, titled “Do we see reality as it is?”http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/The Case Against Realitywww.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.org

"In some sense, kids don't have words early on. So they're just seeing without a filter of words. And I even have memories myself as a young child of just the wonder. I remember walking to kindergarten and seeing this bush with all sorts of flowers on it, and all these monarch butterflies on it. And I was completely transfixed. Here I was, five years old, I was looking at magic, and I knew I was looking at magic. And I stayed there so long that I was late to kindergarten. And I learned that I got in trouble for that. So taking time to enjoy the magic, I learned early on was something that would get me in trouble. Our growing up and becoming adults, we often learn to not give time to the magic because there is no time for it. You need to get onto the next thing."Donald D. Hoffman is a Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of The case against reality: Why evolution hid the truth from our eyes. His research on perception, evolution, and consciousness received the Troland Award of the US National Academy of Sciences, the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution of the American Psychological Association, the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation, and is the subject of his TED Talk, titled “Do we see reality as it is?”http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/The Case Against Realitywww.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.org

Donald D. Hoffman is a Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of The case against reality: Why evolution hid the truth from our eyes. His research on perception, evolution, and consciousness received the Troland Award of the US National Academy of Sciences, the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution of the American Psychological Association, the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation, and is the subject of his TED Talk, titled “Do we see reality as it is?”"In some sense, kids don't have words early on. So they're just seeing without a filter of words. And I even have memories myself as a young child of just the wonder. I remember walking to kindergarten and seeing this bush with all sorts of flowers on it, and all these monarch butterflies on it. And I was completely transfixed. Here I was, five years old, I was looking at magic, and I knew I was looking at magic. And I stayed there so long that I was late to kindergarten. And I learned that I got in trouble for that. So taking time to enjoy the magic, I learned early on was something that would get me in trouble. Our growing up and becoming adults, we often learn to not give time to the magic because there is no time for it. You need to get onto the next thing."http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/The Case Against Realitywww.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.org

"For the 30 years, maybe 40 years for some, the dominant view of many cognoscientists, is that consciousness is something that brains create. So most of the processes in our brains are proceeding without any conscious content, so that they're unconscious processes, but a small amount of our brain processes are somehow experiences.And the standard view is that it's a fairly recent, late evolutionary process that led to the experience of conscious experiences in humans and other animals, and perhaps other creatures more generally. My view is different. I think that the standard view that consciousness is a product of brains isn't correct because I think that our best physical theories tell us that space and time are not fundamental. Spacetime is doomed. So that's on the physics side. Physicists are saying that spacetime is not fundamental for very principled reasons, falling out of Einstein's theory of gravity and quantum field theory.”Donald D. Hoffman is a Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of The case against reality: Why evolution hid the truth from our eyes. His research on perception, evolution, and consciousness received the Troland Award of the US National Academy of Sciences, the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution of the American Psychological Association, the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation, and is the subject of his TED Talk, titled “Do we see reality as it is?”http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/The Case Against Realitywww.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.org

Donald D. Hoffman is a Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of The case against reality: Why evolution hid the truth from our eyes. His research on perception, evolution, and consciousness received the Troland Award of the US National Academy of Sciences, the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution of the American Psychological Association, the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation, and is the subject of his TED Talk, titled “Do we see reality as it is?”"For the 30 years, maybe 40 years for some, the dominant view of many cognoscientists, is that consciousness is something that brains create. So most of the processes in our brains are proceeding without any conscious content, so that they're unconscious processes, but a small amount of our brain processes are somehow experiences.And the standard view is that it's a fairly recent, late evolutionary process that led to the experience of conscious experiences in humans and other animals, and perhaps other creatures more generally. My view is different. I think that the standard view that consciousness is a product of brains isn't correct because I think that our best physical theories tell us that space and time are not fundamental. Spacetime is doomed. So that's on the physics side. Physicists are saying that spacetime is not fundamental for very principled reasons, falling out of Einstein's theory of gravity and quantum field theory.”http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/The Case Against Realitywww.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.org

Donald D. Hoffman is a Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of The case against reality: Why evolution hid the truth from our eyes. His research on perception, evolution, and consciousness received the Troland Award of the US National Academy of Sciences, the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution of the American Psychological Association, the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation, and is the subject of his TED Talk, titled “Do we see reality as it is?”“Truth is, in some sense, a pathless land. And so anything that we state in either scientific or religious frameworks, spiritual frameworks, will always be only a partial description and will maybe give us some pointers that are good on truth. It will also miss other things that are really important... Science is part of the process of the fun of exploring using conceptual tools, this endless truth. But on a spiritual side, another way to explore the truth is - if we are in fact ourselves not distinct from consciousness, if consciousness is the fundamental reality, and we're not distinct from that - then we can explore the truth by just being the truth.”http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/The Case Against Realitywww.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.org

“Truth is, in some sense, a pathless land. And so anything that we state in either scientific or religious frameworks, spiritual frameworks, will always be only a partial description and will maybe give us some pointers that are good on truth. It will also miss other things that are really important... Science is part of the process of the fun of exploring using conceptual tools, this endless truth. But on a spiritual side, another way to explore the truth is - if we are in fact ourselves not distinct from consciousness, if consciousness is the fundamental reality, and we're not distinct from that - then we can explore the truth by just being the truth.”Donald D. Hoffman is a Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of The case against reality: Why evolution hid the truth from our eyes. His research on perception, evolution, and consciousness received the Troland Award of the US National Academy of Sciences, the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution of the American Psychological Association, the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation, and is the subject of his TED Talk, titled “Do we see reality as it is?”http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/The Case Against Realitywww.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.org

Donald D. Hoffman is a Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of The case against reality: Why evolution hid the truth from our eyes. His research on perception, evolution, and consciousness received the Troland Award of the US National Academy of Sciences, the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution of the American Psychological Association, the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation, and is the subject of his TED Talk, titled “Do we see reality as it is?”"In some sense, kids don't have words early on. So they're just seeing without a filter of words. And I even have memories myself as a young child of just the wonder. I remember walking to kindergarten and seeing this bush with all sorts of flowers on it, and all these monarch butterflies on it. And I was completely transfixed. Here I was, five years old, I was looking at magic, and I knew I was looking at magic. And I stayed there so long that I was late to kindergarten. And I learned that I got in trouble for that. So taking time to enjoy the magic, I learned early on was something that would get me in trouble. Our growing up and becoming adults, we often learn to not give time to the magic because there is no time for it. You need to get onto the next thing."http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/The Case Against Realitywww.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.org

"In some sense, kids don't have words early on. So they're just seeing without a filter of words. And I even have memories myself as a young child of just the wonder. I remember walking to kindergarten and seeing this bush with all sorts of flowers on it, and all these monarch butterflies on it. And I was completely transfixed. Here I was, five years old, I was looking at magic, and I knew I was looking at magic. And I stayed there so long that I was late to kindergarten. And I learned that I got in trouble for that. So taking time to enjoy the magic, I learned early on was something that would get me in trouble. Our growing up and becoming adults, we often learn to not give time to the magic because there is no time for it. You need to get onto the next thing."Donald D. Hoffman is a Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of The case against reality: Why evolution hid the truth from our eyes. His research on perception, evolution, and consciousness received the Troland Award of the US National Academy of Sciences, the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution of the American Psychological Association, the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation, and is the subject of his TED Talk, titled “Do we see reality as it is?”http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/The Case Against Realitywww.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.org

"This is really what life, I think, is about - learning to not believe your thoughts. Watch your thoughts, see their patterns and learn that you are not at the whim and beck and call of your thoughts. You can watch your thoughts, and you can choose to let go of thoughts and just be present and let go of the complaints. And that then opens up a level of creativity that's surprising. It could be in dance, science, it could be in music, or art. Wherever you have creative expression, letting go of thought and having this balance between thinking and no thinking, going into complete silence and then pulling ideas back for your art, your science, your dance, whatever it might be, is really the dance of life."Donald D. Hoffman is a Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of The case against reality: Why evolution hid the truth from our eyes. His research on perception, evolution, and consciousness received the Troland Award of the US National Academy of Sciences, the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution of the American Psychological Association, the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation, and is the subject of his TED Talk, titled “Do we see reality as it is?”http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/The Case Against Realitywww.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.org

"So the idea of the multiverse, as you all know, is a pretty big idea in physics right now. Many physicists are thinking about interpreting quantum theory in terms of the multiverse or many-worlds interpretation. Max Tegmark, for example, has the idea that there's what he calls a Level IV multiverse. He thinks that mathematics is fundamental. So the fundamental reality is just mathematics, and in some sense, Gödel's incompleteness theorem says that there's endless mathematics. There's no end to mathematical exploration. And so that's Tegmark's multiverse: whatever is mathematically possible is actual."Donald D. Hoffman is a Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of The case against reality: Why evolution hid the truth from our eyes. His research on perception, evolution, and consciousness received the Troland Award of the US National Academy of Sciences, the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution of the American Psychological Association, the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation, and is the subject of his TED Talk, titled “Do we see reality as it is?”http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/The Case Against Realitywww.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.org

Donald D. Hoffman is a Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of The case against reality: Why evolution hid the truth from our eyes. His research on perception, evolution, and consciousness received the Troland Award of the US National Academy of Sciences, the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution of the American Psychological Association, the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation, and is the subject of his TED Talk, titled “Do we see reality as it is?”"So the idea of the multiverse, as you all know, is a pretty big idea in physics right now. Many physicists are thinking about interpreting quantum theory in terms of the multiverse or many-worlds interpretation. Max Tegmark, for example, has the idea that there's what he calls a Level IV multiverse. He thinks that mathematics is fundamental. So the fundamental reality is just mathematics, and in some sense, Gödel's incompleteness theorem says that there's endless mathematics. There's no end to mathematical exploration. And so that's Tegmark's multiverse: whatever is mathematically possible is actual."http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/The Case Against Realitywww.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.org

"I would say one of the most important things I'm learning right now is this balance between conceptual thought, on the one hand, thinking, and stepping out of thought altogether, and just being present in silence. And going back and forth. When I'm present to my environment in silence, then I'm in touch with a deeper intelligence that is not separate from me. It is me, and then I can bring that back into my thinking. But most of our thoughts, if we're not watching our thoughts, most of our thoughts are actually complaints and judgements, and they're dysfunctional. Most of our thinking is automatic and dysfunctional. So learning to let go, to don't believe your thoughts, watch your feelings. This is really what life, I think, is about."Donald D. Hoffman is a Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of The case against reality: Why evolution hid the truth from our eyes. His research on perception, evolution, and consciousness received the Troland Award of the US National Academy of Sciences, the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution of the American Psychological Association, the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation, and is the subject of his TED Talk, titled “Do we see reality as it is?”http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/The Case Against Realitywww.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.org

Donald D. Hoffman is a Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of The case against reality: Why evolution hid the truth from our eyes. His research on perception, evolution, and consciousness received the Troland Award of the US National Academy of Sciences, the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution of the American Psychological Association, the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation, and is the subject of his TED Talk, titled “Do we see reality as it is?”"I would say one of the most important things I'm learning right now is this balance between conceptual thought, on the one hand, thinking, and stepping out of thought altogether, and just being present in silence. And going back and forth. When I'm present to my environment in silence, then I'm in touch with a deeper intelligence that is not separate from me. It is me, and then I can bring that back into my thinking. But most of our thoughts, if we're not watching our thoughts, most of our thoughts are actually complaints and judgements, and they're dysfunctional. Most of our thinking is automatic and dysfunctional. So learning to let go, to don't believe your thoughts, watch your feelings. This is really what life, I think, is about."http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/The Case Against Realitywww.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.org

Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California in Irvine, Donald Hoffman joins me for a conversation around spirituality, science & human consciousness. We also discuss how we as humans use "useful fictions" to perceive reality & his book, "The Case Against Reality".Be sure to check out Swan Private, the trusted Bitcoin financial services provider for high-net-worth individuals and businesses worldwide: https://www.swanprivate.com/breedloveGUESTDonald's Twitter: https://twitter.com/donalddhoffmanDonald's Book, "The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes": https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Reality-Evolution-Truth/dp/0393254690/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1540324581&sr=1-6Donald's Book, "Visual Intelligence": https://www.amazon.com/Visual-Intelligence-How-Create-What/dp/0393319679Donald's Website: http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/PODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYITranscript:Outline00:00:00 “What is Money” Intro00:00:08 Learn about Bitcoin with Swan Private at SwanPrivate.Com00:01:37 Introducing Donald & Discussing his book, "The Case Against Reality"00:13:02 Criticism & Pushback about "Fitness Payoff Functions" in his Book, "The Case Against Reality"00:18:56 Discussing "Scientific Theory"00:21:35 Space & Time, Sensorial Perceptions & Reality00:29:08 Perception & "Useful Fictions"00:33:11 Space & Time being a "Data Structure"00:38:00 Universal Darwinism & Evolutionary Truth00:40:45 Building Reality based on "Useful Fictions" & Communication00:52:36 Science Illuminating the Pointers of Reality00:58:00 Spirituality, Science & Consciousness01:05:12 Watch "Hard Money with Natalie Brunell" From Swan Studios01:05:58 Learn about Bitcoin with Swan Private at SwanPrivate.Com01:07:08 Discussing how "Wisdom is Silent" & how Polarity helps create our Reality01:11:30 The Neural Correlates of Consciousness01:16:54 Discussing the "Neural Cognitive Consciousness"01:22:32 What if Consciousness is Corporative?01:30:56 Discussing, "The Theory of Consciousness Realism"01:40:24 What Role does Religion & Mythology play in Shaping our Consciousness?01:47:40 How Spirituality helps in Avoiding Worldly Consumptions & Concerns01:50:43 How the Corruption of Money is an Attack on Language01:59:07 Intergenerational Quest to find Truth & Meaning02:03:54 Where to find Donald's Work!02:05:24 "What is Money" OutroSOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22 WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/ WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true RECOMMENDED BUSINESSESSwan Private guides high-net-worth individuals and businesses in all areas of Bitcoin strategy: https://www.swanprivate.com/breedloveCrowdHealth offers an innovative health insurance model based on Bitcoin and community: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/breedloveOkcoin is an innovative and education-focused cryptoasset exchange platform—earn $50 in free Bitcoin by signing up at: https://okcoin.com/breedloveInvest with a licensed Bitcoin advisor through DAIM: https://daimio.typeform.com/RobertBreedloveJoin Me At Bitcoin 2023, pre-order your tickets now (for a chance to win 10M sats, use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://b.tc/conference/2023Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buys and Withdrawals: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/

What is the true nature of reality? Does the objective reality reported back by our senses paint a complete picture of the true reality? Is it possible that the world we see is not objective reality and it is just an interface to a deeper, true reality. In his book “The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes” cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman Challenges leading scientific theories that claim that our senses report back objective reality. He argues that while we should take our perceptions seriously, we should not take them literally. He presents the evolutionary concept of "Fitness Beats Truth" to demonstrate that evolution very probably moulded our minds for fitness rather than accuracy, resulting in the mismatch between "things-in-themselves" and our perceptions of them. In this episode of Bridging the Gaps I speak with professor Donal Hoffman; we discuss his “Interface Theory of Perception” and dig deep on latest research in cognitive science and perception, and how it relates to our understanding of the true nature of reality. Donald Hoffman is a professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is a cognitive psychologist and popular science author. His research focuses on perception, evolution, and consciousness. We begin by discussing the present understanding of the hard problem of consciousness. Then we talk about Hoffman's view that all main scientific theories, such as Einstein's theory, theories and our present understanding of Quantum Physics and the theory of natural selection, all inform us that our present approach of trying to understand reality is not working. I then ask him that why in his view we have evolved in a manner that we don't see the real underlying reality and we just perceive a superficial realty. We then discuss in detail his theory and ideas about the nature of reality. We touch upon the question that do we live in a simulation. We also discuss Panpsychism. Finally I ask that how the research on the question of the true nature of reality should proceed. Complement this discussion with “From Consciousness to Synthetic Consciousness: From One Unknown to Another Unknown with David Chalmers” available at: https://www.bridgingthegaps.ie/2015/03/from-consciousness-to-synthetic-consciousness-from-one-unknown-to-another-unknown-with-david-chalmers/ And then listen to “Why You Are Not Your Brain? A Conversation on Consciousness with Alva Noe” available at: https://www.bridgingthegaps.ie/2017/04/why-you-are-not-your-brain-a-conversation-with-alva-noe/

Lex Fridman finally interviews Don Hoffman and his Case Against Reality!! Today, I share my thoughts on that theory.

Professor Donald Hoffman, author of The Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes, joins on episode 351 of the show. Donald David Hoffman is an American cognitive psychologist and popular science author. He is a professor in the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, with joint appointments in the Department […]

Donald Hoffman is a cognitive scientist at UC Irvine and author of The Case Against Reality. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Calm: https://calm.com/lex to get 40% off – LMNT: https://drinkLMNT.com/lex to get free sample pack – InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off – MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex to get 15% off – Indeed: https://indeed.com/lex to get $75 credit EPISODE LINKS: Donald's Twitter: https://twitter.com/donalddhoffman Donald's Website: http://cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/ Documents & Articles: 1. Could a Neuroscientist Understand a Microprocessor?: https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005268 2. Conscious Agent Networks: https://chrisfieldsresearch.com/CA-circuits-CSR-rev2.pdf 3. The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Argument in Quantum Theory: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-epr/ Books: 1. The Case Against Reality: https://amzn.to/3MhW4Wt

Dr. Donald Hoffman is cognitive psychologist and science author.  He studies consciousness, visual perception and evolutionary psychology using mathematical models and psychophysical experiments.  His book “The Case Against Reality” challenges whether what we perceive is really reality or an interface we are using.  We discuss all this in the episode as well as black holes & worm holes, the space time continuum, artificial intelligence, what happens when we die and more! 00:00 - Intro01:00 - Misperceptions of Reality & Jewel Beetles 03:30 - Phantom Limb Phenomenon & User Interface06:35 - Evolving with Interface Vs. Reality As It Is 08:52 - Problems with Space Time Continuum & Quantum Theory 15:20 - Black Holes & Worm Holes 18:25 - Time Travel and Speed of Light & Space Time Shortcuts 20:25 - True Reality Behind the Curtain, The Brain & Consciousness 27:56 - Virtual Reality, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & Consciousness 38:02 - Peak Into Portals Through Dreams, Drugs & Meditation 40:42 - Consciousness Is Fundamental & Hidden Connections 41:55 - Government Studying This Versus Physicists & Power44:36 - Simulation Vs. Reality  & Endless Variety of Consciousness 47:25 - Death & Consciousness 49:45 - What is The Purpose of Life & Global Consciousness  54:20 - Donating to Research 56:08 - OutroCase Against Reality book:https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Reality-Evolution-Truth/dp/0393254690Donating to Research:https://brilliantfuture.uci.edu/give-to-uci/Chuck Shute website: http://chuckshute.comSupport the show

AY no teacher, ALL THE LIFE IS A LIE! (Ay no profe, la vida entera es una mentira) Eso me lo decía una estudiante hace unos 10 años en un tiempo incierto en su compañía. Me resultaba algo cómico y fueron palabras que se quedaron conmigo y me resonaban cuando me desilusionaba (y me hacía reír). Pero resulta que su frase tenía algo científico en su base. En la historia de hoy hablamos de la manta que reconocemos como LA REALIDAD. Es mi gran resumen de la conversación (bastante profunda por cierto) entre el Dr. Deepak Chopra y el científico Dr. Don Hoffman "The case against Reality" Encuentra la transcripción completa y su traducción al español en https://puedoaprender.com

Professor Donald Hoffman — The Case Against Reality, Beyond Spacetime, Rethinking Death, Panpsychism, QBism, and More | Brought to you by JuneShine organic hard kombucha for a brighter buzz, FreshBooks cloud-based small business accounting software, and Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement. Donald Hoffman ( @donalddhoffman) received a PhD in computational psychology from MIT and is a Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is an author of over 120 scientific papers and three books, including The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Scientific Award of the American Psychological Association and the Troland Research Award of the US National Academy of Sciences.His writing has appeared in Scientific American, New Scientist, LA Review of Books, and Edge, and his work has been featured in Wired, Quanta, The Atlantic, Ars Technica, National Public Radio, Discover Magazine, and Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman. His TED Talk, titled “Do We See Reality as It Is?,” has almost 4M views.Please enjoy!This episode is brought to you by JuneShine! You don't know it yet, but JuneShine's going to be your new go-to happy-hour drink. Consistent with their tagline, “organic hard kombucha for a brighter buzz,” I do get a nice buzz, as it sports a hefty 6% ABV (alcohol by volume), but 1–2 drinks doesn't punish me with a nasty hangover. I enjoy grabbing a can of JuneShine in the late afternoon after a workday or when hanging with friends on the weekend. 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Neste episódio falamos do livro "The Case Against Reality" de Donald Hofman, e convidamos os nossos queridos ouvintes a tomar o comprimido vermelho, e pensar em quão fundo vai a toca do coelho.  Apoiem o podcast em patreon.com/maushabitos

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/bhSlYfVtgww Deep dive into the nature of consciousness and reality. Sponsors: https://brilliant.org/TOE for 20% off. For Algo's podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9IfRw1QaTglRoX0sN11AQQ and website https://www.algo.com/.  Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal Crypto: https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802 Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything Merch: https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerch LINKS MENTIONED: -QBism Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.5209 -Donald Hoffman's book The Case Against Reality (affiliate): https://amzn.to/34eWmxz -Plato and the Nerd (affiliate): https://amzn.to/34GMexr TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:03:34 Is a Theory of Everything possible? / Definition of Consciousness 00:08:32 Spacetime's fundamental nature (or not) 00:14:27 Joscha Bach on mysterianism, telepathy, and consciousness 00:34:40 Joscha has a way of interpreting the Bible literally 00:42:01 Physical world vs Computational world 00:57:57 On Gödel and changing the definition of truth to provable / computable 01:12:33 What parts of the mind makes statements beyond computation? 01:13:57 Real numbers don't exist? 01:15:23 [Prof. Edward Lee] Reality is not necessarily algorithmic 01:34:02 Donald Hoffman on Free Will 01:44:03 Joscha Bach on Free Will and whether a TOE exists 01:57:10 What would change in Bach's model if classical logic was correct? 02:07:42 Penrose and Lucas argument regarding Gödel and the mind 02:13:55 Closing thoughts from Bach and Hoffman on each other's work * * * Just wrapped (April 2021) a documentary called Better Left Unsaid http://betterleftunsaidfilm.com on the topic of "when does the left go too far?" Visit that site if you'd like to watch it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Et si l'évolution nous avait caché la vérité ? En s'appuyant sur des démonstrations mathématiques, Donald Hoffman démontre que l'espace-temps est l'interface d'homo sapiens, cachant la complexité du monde réel, tel que le font les icônes sur notre ordinateur en nous cachant la complexité des circuits imprimés et voltages. Il va même jusqu'à proposer une solution au problème difficile de la conscience. Un gars sûr. Un épisode à écouter en cétose.

You have probably heard that it not a good idea to allow your dog to sleep on the bed. Despite what the experts say, I am going to begin this episode by telling you exactly why it is probably just fine. http://www.purewow.com/entry_detail/national/22018/7-Reasons-Its-Actually-Betterto-Let-Your-Dog-Sleep-in-Your.htm  The world is full of people who over explain their ideas. To really be an effective communicator of ideas, the details can - and often do - get in the way. Brant Pinvidic is a producer who has sold more than three hundred TV shows and movies, run a TV network, and ran one of the largest production companies in the world with hit shows like The Biggest Loser and Bar Rescue. He is author of the book The 3 Minute Rule (https://amzn.to/36uNAHI) and he is here to explain how and why your ideas will always go over better with people when you are brief and to the point.   Of course, you are a good person. But no matter how good you are, you are probably a better person in the morning than you are after dinner. How can that be? Listen and I'll tell you. https://www.medicaldaily.com/morning-morality-effect-you-are-more-likely-lie-steal-and-cheat-afternoon-261482 What if what your reality isn't real reality? What if real, objective reality is something you can't possibly perceive? And what if our inability to perceive objective reality has actually helped us to survive? I know it's a bit hard to get your head around. That's why Don Hoffman is here. Don is a professor at the University of California in Irvine and author of the book The Case Against Reality (https://amzn.to/2Nb2r2L). Listen as Don explains this theory which is more than just an academic exercise. There are some fascinating practical implications as well. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! We really like The Jordan Harbinger Show! Check out https://jordanharbinger.com/start OR search for it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen!  Firstleaf – the wine club designed for you!! Join today and get 6 bottles of wine for $29.95 and free shipping!  https://tryfirstleaf.com/SOMETHING Go to https://backcountry.com/sysk to get 15% OFF your first full-priced purchase! Listen to "Operator" the new podcast from Wondery https://wondery.com/shows/operator/ Get $15 off your first box of premium seafood at https://WildAlaskanCompany.com/Something Omaha Steaks is the best! Get awesome pricing at https://OmahaSteaks.com/BMT T-Mobile for Business the leader in 5G, #1 in customer satisfaction, and 5G in every plan! https://T-Mobile.com/business Grow your business with Shopify today at https://Shopify.com/sysk  Visit https://ferguson.com for the best in all of your plumping supply needs! https://www.geico.com Bundle your policies and save! It's Geico easy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert Prentner, PhD is a Doctor of Philosophy currently at the Centre for the Future Mind, Florida Atlantic University, where he conducts research in consciousness studies, molecular physics, natural and artificial intelligence, and philosophy. His current project is “Consciousness and the Emergence of Objects”. Robert and colleagues have been working to explain their theory of consciousness in a mathematically consistent manner. Their group has published several papers on what they refer to as the Interface Theory of Perception using evolutionary game theory and complex mathematics to bring precision to their theories. Prentner's colleague, Donald Hoffman forwarded this ‘Conscious Realism' to the mainstream in his popular book, “The Case Against Reality” (2019).-The Interface Theory of Perception states simply that the reality we experience with our senses is analogous to the desktop interface on your computer. We may see objects in our world and take for granted that our perceptions of that object are a ‘true' representation of what's actually there. But in the Interface Theory of Perception, these objects are merely a useful fiction; an icon that bears no resemblance to the true nature of reality, but one that helps our species live on and propagate our genetic information. Much like how a folder on our computer desktop may appear rectangular and blue, we do not assume for a moment that the contents of that folder are indeed rectangular and blue. In fact, the true nature of our computer interface consists of electric fields, magnetic fields, resistors, voltage toggles and more. If we had to interact with the true nature of our computer desktop, we'd never get any work done. Much like how we pay top dollar for interfaces that simplify this reality in our technology, our perceptual systems have evolved not so that we experience reality as it is, but simply as it's best for us to perceive it. This theory also exists outside of spacetime, meaning that our place in space and time is also just a very useful fiction.-Follow Robert's WorkWebsiteTed TalkDonald Hoffman's "The Case Against Reality"-Follow My WorkWebsiteConsultationInstagramYoutubeSpotifyApple PodcastsLinkedin

The Jungins sang Cheryl Lynn's "Got To Be Real", talk "The Case Against Reality" by Don Hoffman and what is reality? Also the podcast might not even be real... Stay Jung!

It's not just the title of a 1989 Mormon propaganda video.  Glenn is joined once again by Mike and Shelise fro the Mormons on Mushrooms podcast to discuss Mormonism through the lens of Donald Hoffman's "Case Against Reality." Check out more from Donald Hoffman here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd6CQCbk2ro&t=12s

Listen now to Future News and Commentary 6.22.2021 More fun space adventures are becoming available. Now you don’t have to blast off in a rocket, just slowly ascend in a balloon, dubbed “Spaceship Neptune,” schmoozing with half a dozen fellow passengers on a trip to upper atmosphere of planet Earth. Looks like fun! Spaceship Neptune will take you to the Stratosphere! And boy, talk radio never really follows an agenda when you have lots of callers! Many listeners were inspired Dr. Donald Hoffman on the case against Realityto check in after our 15 min excerpt of Dr. Donald Hoffman, a UC Irvine neuro-psychologist sharing his model of consciousness based on the metaphor of a 3D computer desktop, a compelling somewhat easy-to-grok model of the most complex thing in the universe, as far as we know..and that is consciousness itself.  Everyone has thoughts on the topic and I think you’ll all enjoy riffing off of Dr. Hoffman’s most illuminating metaphor. Enjoy!  

INTERFACE RESPONSE SYSTEM: How we respond to the perception of space and time. All day long and to a certain degree during sleep humans experience life through an interface between themselves and all space and time happenings via perception. Is What you see what you get? Now we also know that what we see can be jaded by what we think and how we were programmed. But the idea here around perception is that seeing unveils the potential for believing. When you speak to some of the greatest minds of our times like Donald Hoffman, Cognitive Scientist and author of The Case Against Reality, why Evolution hid the truth from our eyes, you gain access to the latest science of perception. He introduces the idea that what you see is merely what you see. What you get from what you see is merely a rendering or desktop icon of a deeper truth that you don’t need to see as it doesn’t serve you. Then the question pops up as to whether or not what you see even exists in the absence of perception, while you’re not seeing it? What I mean is that things only come into your fields perception while you are looking at them. But when you look away or they go away, do they still exist? This is an extremely powerful concept to entertain because it completely changes the game of perception and our emotional response system to all things space and time. Let’s play through a scenario. So you’re going about your day and something hypothetically GOES WRONG? Say a great client of yours decides to cancel their order of business with you and you perceive this negative act of defiance via email. Naturally, as your goals are focused on business growth and creating time and money freedom this comes as a shock and triggers feelings of despair and challenges your self worth and creates financial worry and stress. These negative feelings not only impact your physical and emotional state but in turn impact those around you and your ability to grow that day. All due to your perception of what happened to you? Your good friend consoles you and says not to worry one door closes another opens and screw them. Their the unlucky ones fir losing you. Maybe that feels a little better as it creates a new perception that perhaps it just wasn’t a good fit. Then as time goes by you find out that your client isn’t unhappy with your service ans wanted to stay with you although they are facing financial hardship due to their own circumstances and this moves you into a state of empathy and sympathy. Again changing your perception and the cloud is lifted and you pull up your pants snd go back to work, find a new client and leave the door open in support and friendship to the one you lost for a time they are able to return. Letting them know you are their for them. Here’s the thing. All these things and feelings are based on perceptions and you can see how they have a dramatic impact on our lives. Imagine if you could control your perceptions and see the world and all the happenings of space and time in a way that unveils the potential that what you see is only what you are seeing but not necessarily what you are getting? Or what’s actually happening. The name of the game is recognizing the idea of controlling our INTERFACE RESPONSE SYSTEM. Meaning how we perceive and respond to the uncontrollable and potentially unreal happenings of space and time. PS this is only complicated because natural selection has evolved our human senses so that they can create a perception of reality that works for us and carries us forward in progress. Our perceptions of reality we’re not shaped to unveil the absolute truth. They were shaped to see what we need to see to procreate and evolve. Can we work on controlling our perceptions so we don’t get off track? Yes. So we learn conscious techniques to help us like stoicism which teaches us to pause and access happenings to see what’s really happening, whether they matter or not and delineate what we can and can’t control? In my book I unveil a similar technique called WHOLEOGRAPHIC VISION which teaches us to take inventory snd see happenings from all sides before reaction and creating a label of your perception. So let’s step back and look at this whole perception game? We can now become mindful that our entire life experience is based on perceptions. Which means that the secret to success, fulfillment and happiness lies in our response system to the happenings in life and that response system is eon or lost in our ability to control our perceptions? Science and mathematics are now saying that their is a zero possibility that what we see and call reality is the actual truth and whilst you are not seeing things they no longer exist? So nothing exists in the absence of our perception of it? So the secret to access lies in our ability to understand that we are the author and director of this movie the moment we grab control of our perceptions and decide how we are going to see the world. Is this perhaps is what some are optimistic snd some pessimistic. Why some are fear based and some are fearless? Some confident and some un confident? Yes. See, science now tells us that what you see is not what you get. What you see is merely an interface between you and this game of life. Just like the icons on a desktop. They help you navigate and communicate with something bigger. The computer, the internet etc.. I love this idea and remaining open to it as it helps me realize that I decide and control how my life experience unfolds. I control the fantasy and thus the outcome. If someone observes you calling a bad thing good or describing an event different than they see it? Their simply running their perception program and unaware of it. Unconscious to this. Remember this. It’s the ignorance of reality that enables one to control reality. Nobody likes to lose control. So you share this knowledge not by lecturing them but Demonstrating how you respond with no buy in or just an open curious compassion and a pause to consider and decide on how you see it.

Would you take the BLUE PILL and proceed with your life as you know it? Or the RED PILL and unveil a truth that takes you down the rabbit hole into a completely new place of discovery and growth? What if everything you thought was true about reality was completely off? A very special interview with one of my idols professor DONALD D. HOFFMAN! Our topic is based on his best selling book THE CASE AGAINST REALITY!   DONALD D. HOFFMAN is a professor of cognitive science at the University of California, Irvine, where he studies consciousness, visual perception and evolutionary psychology using mathematical models and psycho physical experiments. His research subjects include facial attractiveness, the recognition of shape, the perception of motion and color, the evolution of perception, and the mind-body problem.  

  Join Riz as he talks with Donald Hoffman, professor emeritus at University of California-Irvine,and the  author of The Case Against Reality:Why Evolution Hid the Truth From Our Eyes.  They discuss his idea of conscious agents, why spacetime is dead, why reality is like being in a virtual headset, and why all three of the fundamental theories our scientists subscribe to - general relativity, quantum mechanics and evolution - all point to the idea that what we think of as "reality" is not really reality.  Moreover, Hoffman talks about the limits of scientific theories and why most of our theories are probably wrong.  This is a lively discussion you'll not want to miss!  

Ron and Ed welcome to the show the author of Ed's favorite book of 2019 The Case Against Reality, Professor Donald D Hoffman. (Or do they.) Donald is a cognitive psychologist and popular science author. (Or is he.) He is a professor in the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, with joint appointments in the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, and the School of Computer Science. (Seriously, he is.) (And you are going to love this episode!)

Ron and Ed welcome to the show the author of Ed's favorite book of 2019 The Case Against Reality, Professor Donald D Hoffman. (Or do they.) Donald is a cognitive psychologist and popular science author. (Or is he.) He is a professor in the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, with joint appointments in the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, and the School of Computer Science. (Seriously, he is.) (And you are going to love this episode!)

Ron and Ed welcome to the show the author of Ed's favorite book of 2019 The Case Against Reality, Professor Donald D Hoffman. (Or do they.) Donald is a cognitive psychologist and popular science author. (Or is he.) He is a professor in the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, with joint appointments in the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, and the School of Computer Science. (Seriously, he is.) (And you are going to love this episode!)

Do we see reality as it is? I discuss this question with Donald Hoffman who is professor emeritus at the University of California, Irvine. He studies consciousness and perception from an evolutionary point of view. His research has led him to make a bold claim that while we do not yet know what the underlying reality could be like. Rather, reality as we know it now – including space, time, and objects – is a useful fiction that evolution invented for us.His TED talk on our perception of reality has been watched over 3 million times, and in his recent pop-science book for the wider audience, The Case Against Reality, he makes a convincing case on how our perceived reality is an illusion that has evolved to help us survive and reproduce.1:46 – Towards building a mathematical understanding perception5:12 – Evolutionary game theory to help understand perception6:26 – Computing truth is expensive, so evolution get rids of it8:00 – Mathematical proof that evolution doesn't tune us to see the truth9:56 – David Marr's ideas and inverse optics11:30 – What are fitness payoffs? Why do they matter? How are they determined?16:23 – Maximizing for truth vs maximizing for winning18:40 – Illusions that show physical reality doesn't exist23:21 – Physical reality not being fundamental as a scientific claim24:23 – Existing physics points to spacetime not being fundamental30:25 – The basics of the interface theory of perception34:40 – We have to guess mathematically the deeper structure of reality38:00 – Model-free planning in reinforcement learning44:45 – Why should we care about what is objective reality?49:20 – How can we use science to go beyond physical reality?56:57 – Reality is a huge social network of conscious agents1:03:41 – Predictions from the mathematics of conscious agents1:09:26 – “We will be able to warp space and time”1:09:35 – Bridging conscious agents to physical reality1:15:32 – How far along have we come in his journey of building a fundamental theory of reality based on consciousness?1:17:31 – Is mathematics part of the underlying reality or is it a useful fiction too?1:30:12 – Does your research on reality and consciousness impact your personal life and beliefs?

Dans cet épisode, nous discutons d'un livre qui a pour sujet notre perception de la réalité. Selon les recherches de Donald Hoffman, percevoir la réalité serait impossible et prouvé mathématiquement. Dans cet ouvrage, nous découvrons que de percevoir la réalité serait moins important que de percevoir ce qui nous permet de procréer et de survivre. Tout comme lorsque nous observons le « bureau » de notre ordinateur, nous ne percevons pas la réalité (des circuits électriques) mais bien des icones qui nous aident à naviguer, nos 5 sens nous limiteraient à la réalité subjective.

Podcast: The Consciousness Podcast (LS 42 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Episode 40: Consciousness as Fundamental to Reality with Dr. Donald D. HoffmanPub date: 2020-10-23In this episode, I had the honor of speaking with Dr. Donald D. Hoffman, who is a professor of cognitive science at the University of California, Irvine. His writing has appeared in Scientific American and Edge, and his work has been featured in the Atlantic, Wired, and Quanta. He resides in Irvine, California. Be sure to check out his latest book, The Case Against Reality, available just about everywhere. So, what is real…and how does that help answer the Hard Question of Consciousness? We discussed: There is a false assumption out there that you take head on: ‘That we see reality as it is.”You think that's wrong? What is real, then?Simulations/equationsWhat about two people perceiving the same thing?Your letter exchange with Dr. Crick and The-thing-in-itself versus the-idea-of-the-thing: does this get to the heart of answering the hard question?How big of a gap is there between perception of reality and reality? Is that knowable?What is a conscious agent? [Something that perceives, decides, and acts — what does that mean?]Do spacetime and physics arise from the dynamics of conscious agents?Is reality a network of conscious agents, with consciousness a fundamental property in the universe?What do physicists say about this idea?You mention some interesting findings with split brain studies. What interested you about those studies, and how did that play a part in developing your theories?The one consciousness split into two consciousnesses, but the two then act as a single conscious agent, right?Do you and I act as a single conscious agent? Do we all combine into one universal consciousness?Is perception the result of the brain building models/schema? Do these models then create phenomenal experiences (consciousness)?There is a quantum basis to this, too, correct? Measurement/observation, entanglement? Is has to do with information (i.e. Hawking)?We re-construct what we perceive, in our brains?3D cube in circles. Necker Cube.This is driven by evolution? Not perceiving the world accurately gives an advantage? The good old Hard Question: that gap in between the physical brain and our phenomenal experiences (qualia).Does your Interface Theory of Perception (ITP) explain this gap? How?How does this explain “something it is like to be a bat”?How does your theory do with non-ordinary states of consciousness, like dreams, psychedelics, etc.?Your analogy: Computer desktop as a representation of reality.We see an icon on the desktop that represents a document or email. That's our reality, that this graphic icon is our document. But, there are software engineers and graphic designers creating a thing-as-it-is reality behind that. What are those designers and coders analogous to, in reality?What didn't I ask?Distinction between living and non-living things.What about the transition between living and not living?What's next from you? What are you excited about? The post Episode 40: Consciousness as Fundamental to Reality with Dr. Donald D. Hoffman appeared first on The Consciousness Podcast.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Consciousness Podcast, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

*Correction: Donald Hoffman is currently a Professor at Emeritus University. Donald D. Hoffman is a Full Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of Emeritus. He is the author of Visual Intelligence, as well as over one hundred scholarly articles on various aspects of human perception and cognition. He received a distinguished Distinguished Scientific Award of American Psychological Association for early career research into visual perception, the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation, and the Troland Research Award of the US National Academy of Sciences. His TED Talk entitled “Do we see reality as it is?” has been viewed over 2.5 million times. In this interview we discuss his latest book, The Case Against Reality. Buy The Case Against Reality: Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07NMRRJ48/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/The-Case-Against-Reality-audiobook/dp/B07VL5TCVF/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Case+Against+Reality&qid=1601548662&sr=8-1 We discuss: Evolutionary Game Theory and the relationship between Truth and our brains Simulation Theory What the sceptic think of Professor Hoffman's theory of Truth Space-time & Quantum Mechanics Whether mathematics and logic are grounded in truth Whether the Scientific method can ascertain reality Theory of conscious agents Free Will Holographic Universe Natural Selection Presentism vs Eternalism Meditation What keeps Professor Hoffman awake at night Meaning of life Make sure to Like, Share and Subscribe if you enjoyed the episode! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LittleBrainsBigTopics You can find us on: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkXYM0v5AtEiS1FV-7nkakQ/ https://www.facebook.com/Little-Brains-Big-Topics-100713241600938/?modal=admin_todo_tour https://www.instagram.com/littlebrainsbigtopics/ https://twitter.com/big_topics https://open.spotify.com/show/7fgsElbVdoSJyzMKmr83Dk https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/little-brains-big-topics/id1506431166

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Challenging leading scientific theories that claim that our senses report back objective reality, cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman argues that while we should take our perceptions seriously, we should not take them literally. How can it be possible that the world we see is not objective reality? And how can our senses be useful if they are not communicating the truth? Hoffman grapples with these questions and more over the course of this eye-opening work. Ever since Homo sapiens has walked the earth, natural selection has favored perception that hides the truth and guides us toward useful action, shaping our senses to keep us alive and reproducing. We observe a speeding car and do not walk in front of it; we see mold growing on bread and do not eat it. These impressions, though, are not objective reality. Just like a file icon on a desktop screen is a useful symbol rather than a genuine representation of what a computer file looks like, the objects we see every day are merely icons, allowing us to navigate the world safely and with ease. The real-world implications for this discovery are huge. From examining why fashion designers create clothes that give the illusion of a more “attractive” body shape to studying how companies use color to elicit specific emotions in consumers, and even dismantling the very notion that spacetime is objective reality, The Case Against Reality dares us to question everything we thought we knew about the world we see.

For all of science's impressive advancements, one problem has stubbornly eluded us: Why do we have consciousness? How does inert unconscious matter give rise to the light of conscious experience? Neuroscientist Donald Hoffman has been pondering this question throughout his career. His thinking has gradually led him to a surprising possibility — that consciousness itself is fundamental to reality. Donald's theory, however, differs from that of the growing number of other scientists and philosophers now arriving at this conclusion. The fundamental nature of reality, Donald theorizes, is comprised of an infinite network of interacting conscious agents. Uniquely, Donald offers a precise mathematical definition of a conscious agent. He believes the theory may be used to reconstruct the universe and existing scientific discoveries purely through the interaction of these units of consciousness. As Donald has gradually become “a student of the math” his theory has led him to consider fantastic possibilities, including the existence of infinitely great minds which exist beyond our realm of perception. Among other possibilities, Donald believes “conscious realism” leaves the door open to life after death. In my conversation with Donald we explore the surprising implications of his theory, and what it suggests about our own place in reality. If you enjoy this podcast, please consider supporting Waking Cosmos on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/wakingcosmos Pick up Donald Hoffman's book “The Case Against Reality” (also on Audible) here: https://amzn.to/2T31Kes

In this episode of the Making Sense podcast Sam and Annaka Harris speak with Donald Hoffman about his book The Case Against Reality. They discuss how evolution has failed to select for true perceptions of the world, his “interface theory” of perception, the primacy of math and logic, how space and time cannot be fundamental, the threat of epistemological skepticism, causality as a useful fiction, the hard problem of consciousness, agency, free will, panpsychism, a mathematics of conscious agents, philosophical idealism, death, psychedelics, the relationship between consciousness and mathematics, and many other topics. Donald Hoffman is a professor of cognitive science at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of more than 90 scientific papers and his writing has appeared in Scientific American, Edge.org, The Atlantic, WIRED, and Quanta. In 2015, he gave a mind-bending TED Talk titled, “Do we see reality as it is?” Twitter: @donalddhoffman Annaka Harris is the New York Times bestselling author of CONSCIOUS: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind. She is an editor and consultant for science writers, specializing in neuroscience and physics, and her work has appeared in The New York Times. Annaka is the author of the children’s book I Wonder, a collaborator on the Mindful Games Activity Cards, by Susan Kaiser Greenland, and a volunteer mindfulness teacher for the Inner Kids organization. All of her guided meditations and lessons for children are available on the Waking Up app. Website: annakaharris.com Twitter: @annakaharris

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Quantitative Psychologist Don Hoffman has a head-spinning take on the true nature of reality vs. what our senses report to us. This is a revisitation of our original interview, expanded with lots of new material recorded last week.  

THIS IS A PODCAST YOU MUST HEAR. We speak about the fact that a fundamental principal of Science is that the human being is a machine. If this doesn't give cause for you to listen, we speak also about the Darwinian notion of Survival of The Fittest (in more scientific language) and how in order to survive, we need to hide the truth from our perception so that we do not become extinct; i.e. if two organisms are fighting, with the intention to survive, if one organism starts to consider if the actions it is doing are morally sound, and the other organism is looking simply to survive, the one that questions morality will lose and become extinct. So the big question exists, If we are going to survive, will we want to be that entity that survives? This is a fascinating discussion that looks at The Case Against Reality that one must create in order to survive and the fact that what we see anyway is not what is, but simply a perception what is. Think of your computer screen, the icons there are not real, they are icons that we agree upon to take us to another place. This is how we see the world we see.  Hearing Dr. Hoffman speak about reality, we start to question everything Donald Hoffman received his PhD from MIT, and is a professor of cognitive science at the University of California, Irvine. He is an author of over 100 scientific papers and three books, including a new book, The Case Against Reality  Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes. He received a Distinguished Scientific Award of the American Psychological Association for early career research, the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation, and the Troland Research Award of the US National Academy of Sciences. His writing has appeared in Scientific American and Edge, and his work has been featured in Wired, Quanta, The Atlantic, and Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman. He has a TED Talk titled “Do we see reality as it is?” CONTACT INFORMATION:  http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/ To purchase Dr. Hoffman's book THE CASE AGAINST REALITY: https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Reality-Evolution-Truth/dp/0393254690/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1540324581&sr=1-6